Date:         Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:40:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: camping accessories?
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Uh, put it on the floor, Tom.  Am I missing something here?  Or are you?



Joy

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: bueses [mailto:bueses@earthlink.net]
:::Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:49 PM
:::To: Joy Hecht; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: camping accessories?
:::
:::on 10/5/06 4:39 PM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:
:::
:::> Sounds just like a box I have, only I didn't have to build mine.  Got a
:::good
:::> hinged lid, sturdy carrying handles.  Mine sits aft of the driver's
:::seat,
:::> though I could move it if I want - but it's good for helping climb up
:::into
:::> the top, and can double as a seat.  Holds lots of non-refrigerated
:::foods.
:::> If I want to put refrigerated foods in it, I can, though, 'cause it's
:::> insulated, too.  Just have to add a block of ice.
:::>
:::> Mine's called a cooler!
:::
:::I was thinking/doing exactly the same thing, but I wonder how do you get
:::it
:::aft of the driver's seat in a westy?
:::
:::Tom-1 big cooler or 2 smaller ones?
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> 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:
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:::>
:::> :::-----Original Message-----
:::> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
:::Behalf
:::> :::Of Tim Demarest
:::> :::Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:08 PM
:::> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::> :::Subject: camping accessories?
:::> :::
:::> :::Probably my favorite camping accessory is the wooden 'pantry box' I
:::> :::built.
:::> :::It's got a hinged lid and a couple of sturdy carrying handles
:::screwed to
:::> :::the sides. It usually sits just aft of my passenger seat, so it
:::works as
:::> :::a
:::> :::footrest when the passenger seat is swivelled around to face the
:::rear.
:::> :::This
:::> :::also puts it right at the door, so I can get at the stuff I need
:::> :::throughout
:::> :::the day without climbing all the way into the camper.
:::> :::
:::> :::I've always envied the storage bins on the inside of the side doors
:::of
:::> :::the
:::> :::splittie campers; this gives me a lot of that benefit.  I can easily
:::load
:::> :::all my non-refrigerated foods for a weekend in there, and carry that
:::> :::stuff
:::> :::in/out of the camper in one shot (thus preventing me from keeping
:::food in
:::> :::the westie cabinets to get too old or attract mice between
:::campouts).
:::> :::
:::> :::Tim