Date:         Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:21:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Maiden voyage in the new-to-us '87 Westy
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

We had been planning this trip anyway but managed to
buy the Westy in the meantime, so for its third trip
out of the driveway we drove it from Richmond up to
the C&O Canal in western Maryland for the holiday
weekend.

It is a more experienced camper than we are, but we
had fun and our camping skills will improve with
practice.  The dog loves it.

Karen made screens for the front doors and the slider,
and I prepped the van with a new skylight kit, spare
belts, hatch lock extension and a folding stool from
GoWesty.  Everything worked fine and I was surprised
at the 2.1 on the road; I even passed a few folks once
I got the rhythm down.  There were a couple of
backroad 2nd gear climbs that tempered my enthusiasm.

Coming up is a weeklong vacation that was also already
in the works and the Westy is going on that one, too.
We can't wait!

Stephen and Karen

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com