Date:         Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:44:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon List Meet/Campout Version 1.?
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Hey, Maggie (et al),

According to my current hypothetical schedule, I'm going to be driving through Olkahoma from Dallas in early May, hopefully en route to Buses by the Beach in Michigan at the end of May and Bus Fusion in Ottawa after that.  (And after that hopefully to eastern Canada, via Trumansburg NY to visit my brother-in-law's '82 westy, and via Boston to see friends and finally meet Boston Bob so he can reunite with Matilda's engine, then Maine, and Canada).

Let's have a Vanagon gathering in Oklahoma in early May!  Even if it's not the monster Vanagon list campout.  Is anyone else on the list actually in Oklahoma?

As for the list campout - there's lots of campouts all over the country.  Most cut across vehicles and lists and ages and cultures and they're all fun.  Maybe just make those Vanagon list stickers bigger, poster-sized, and folks on the list can all find each other?



Joy



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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

****************************************************************:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Maggie Dew
:::Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:08 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Subject: Vanagon List Meet/Campout Version 1.?
:::
:::I think it is worth giving it a try to see what kind of response there
:::is.
:::Of course, the geographic issue is the limiting factor.  I am temporarily
:::located in Oklahoma (hot and humid in summer) and the left and right
:::coast
:::get-togethers are a bit far for me to go without having an extended
:::period
:::of free time for driving (and the money for gas).  The idea of shifting
:::the
:::gathering to different areas sounds good in theory, but how many people
:::will
:::still be able to make the long drive on years when it is far away?
:::Banff
:::is nowhere near "central" in location in regard to North America.
:::Lincoln,
:::Nebraska appears to be (on Google Earth) about as central as you can get
:::-
:::just to use a city as a landmark.
:::
:::Maggie
:::'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"