Date:         Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:04:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Post-maiden-voyage voyage
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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We're thinking about it.

Stephen

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Sounds like you are local - are you taking your van
> to John Brown's Buses, weekend of Oct 7 near
> Harper's Ferry?
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
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> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and
> a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
>
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>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Stephen Grisanti
> :::Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:23 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Post-maiden-voyage voyage
> :::
> :::The Labor Day trip to the C&O Canal went so well
> that
> :::we took a week and drove the Westy up I-81 to the
> St.
> :::Lawrence River and the 1000 Islands.  Lovely trip
> and
> :::the van performed admirably.  My bravest moment
> was a
> :::15.15 gallon refill driven with a broken
> odometer, so
> :::I had no idea of the distance or fuel mileage I
> was
> :::getting.  Camped out 6 of the 8 nights and
> generally
> :::behaved like tourists.
> :::
> :::I spotted a few Vanagons along the way; notably a
> :::white syncro at Hersheypark, an aircooled
> :::Adventurewagen for sale in Burlington, Vermont
> (decent
> :::body with recent orange and white paint, interior
> :::looks like it was removed but for the front
> seats;
> :::call Better Bus and Bug on S. Champlain Street),
> and
> :::several other Westies in that town.  I nearly
> :::despaired of seeing another one in use camping
> until
> :::the last night on Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts,
> where
> :::we landed next to a maroon one with nice mods;
> :::Shadyboy awning, Fiamma rack and three-window
> canvas.
> :::
> :::
> :::We can’t go camping this weekend because the
> house
> :::without wheels needs some work, and it sounds
> like the
> :::radiator fan is running constantly on the van, so
> I
> :::have to check that.
> :::
> :::Stephen
> :::
> :::
>
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