Date:         Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:19:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Short Trip Report w/ PopUp Camper
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At  7/9/2006 02:22 PM, David Wilhite wrote:
>Just got back last night from vacationing @ St. Andrews state park
>in Panama City Beach, FL.,

Are the Panama City beaches still as white as sugar?

>  I have an 84' Westy that I converted to a Subaru 2.2L six years ago.

How many miles have you put on it since the conversion?

>The Subaru engine provides plenty of torque, so pulling the trailer
>wasn't a problem.  My only concern was the braking.  If we end up
>buying a camper to pull behind the Vanagon, I'll have to have some
>sort of brakes on it, or upgrade the ones on the Vanagon.

I'm a big fan of electric trailer brakes.

>How many people can actually take a couple of weeks off from work at
>one time?  Unfortunately, it seems that in today's work place it'll
>never happen.  You've got to work 5 years at most places to get 3
>weeks of vacation and if you can get 3 weeks, you can't take more
>than a week at a time anyways.

Isn't that the truth!

Glad you had a great trip & thanks for sharing. The sharing is a help
for folks like me who know that a 'big' trip is going to last for
just a weekend... at least for the next few years but these stories
help me remember.



Rob
becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.