Date:         Sat, 3 Jun 2006 13:38:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Motor Scooter hung off backside?
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
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On 6/3/2006 12:54 PM Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> My parents picked up a small electric scooter a few years ago for
> about $250 in FL. It'll allegedly carry one adult a couple of miles
> with a full charge. They use it for sort hops around the campground
> and carry it inside the bus.
>
> Electric scooters are nice because they are whisper quiet during those
> late-night trips to the loo. If carrying capacity and range are an
> issue then I'd recommend a small gas-powered scooter or minibike.
I'm with ya on the noise issue. But we don't camp anyplace where we
could charge up an electric, and our preferred sites are mountainous and
usually nowhere within only a couple miles of a store. We'll be looking
for a dinky, street-legal, 4-cycle (low emissions) scooter, one that
runs a quietly as possible, then only use it during "awake" hours.
Unless, of course, the only other people in the campground are some
obnoxious youths who stayed up all night drinking, playing heavy metal,
and howling at the moon. In that case, a few noisy trips around the CG
at, say, 7am, might be fitting.

Such scooters, it seems, are reasonably available. And hitch receivers
for Mellow Yellows backside are findable. The trick appears to be
locating a very lightweight, economy trailer.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR