Date:         Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:54:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
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From:         Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
Subject:      Re: camping accessories?
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PDL wrote:

>What do you bring along on camping trips that you find extra helpful for life in a Westy?
>

Coleman makes a gas heater that takes 2 D batteries & a propane bottle.
Sits nicely between the front seats (pointing aft).

http://www.greatoutdoorsdepot.com/coleman-powercat-heater.html

Use some common sense re ventilation and don't leave it on when you go
to sleep.  Most useful (I think) for taking the chill off the interior
on cold mornings.  Of course my wife's from South Bend & she says 'It
isn't really cold until you've lost a couple of toes'.

Other items...

Sleeping bags are hard to beat for warmth even inside the van

A Coleman stove (the little one that sits right on top of a propane
bottle) guarantees you'll have a cup of coffee even if you ran out of
propane during the night... also nice if you're fixing a Curry -- you
can cook on the picnic table... else your curtains will smell like curry
for a month or two (not necessarily a bad thing?).

Many homemade conveniences/mods in the archives & elsewhere, but here's
one I use every day...

http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/shelf1.JPG
http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/shelf2.JPG

Geo



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