Date:         Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:32:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
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From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
Comments: To: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
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Beer AND jelly doughnuts!

At 12:16 AM 10/17/2006, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>And beer (or Crown Royal ...)
>
>Jeff
>
>On 16-Oct-06, at 11:03 PM, David Etter wrote:
>
>>Don't forget Toques..;-)  A great Canadian Tradition.
>>                                David (dsl82westy)
>>
>>P.S.; And heavy WOOL socks
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>The weather up here in New England is cooling off, and thoughts are
>>>turning to winter. My wife and I are thinking of trying some winter
>>>camping in our Westy. So far I have a set of thermal curtains that I
>>>got from Bus Depot a while back, a Mr. Heater buddy heater (with a O2
>>>sensor, and also a CO detector in the van), or a Pelonis ceramic
>>>heater if we can plug in. We have a couple of zero degree sleeping
>>>bags. I figure we can hang a heavy blanket to block off the driving
>>>compartment from the back of the van to keep the area to be heated to
>>>a minimum, and of course we wouldn't be keeping the poptop up
>>>while sleeping.
>>>
>>>Besides the above, any suggestions of other things that we could do
>>>to do some winter camping in the Westy?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>
>>>Ric