Date:         Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:19:58 -0900
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: The weekend whales of camping(LVC)
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Explains why we drive a Westy and have a Great Dane.  That and the fact that she can pull us home if it breaks.:>)

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Date: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:04 pm
Subject: Re: The weekend whales of camping
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Yes, I've noticed that pet size in inversely proportional to vehicle
> size, as is driver size and cell phone size, in general.
>
> People with proclivity for the tiniest tech toys are usually seen in
> Suburbans and Escalades.
>
> Dunno.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>
> > Oh -- something I noted on my camping trip two weeks ago up the West
> > Coast on Highway 1 from San Diego to Fort Bragg and back: On the
> > weekdays I saw many, many Westies, driving and camping. But from
> > Friday
> > morning on through Sunday, the Westies thinned out, while the giant
> > RVs
> > and trailers hauled by bulky pickup trucks with clattering Diesel
> > engines took over. Every one seemed to have a little yappy dog.*
> >
> > From my campsite at Kirk Creek campground, which overlooks the
> Pacific> ocean, I watched the Gray Whales migrating south. They get
> as large as
> > 52 feet long. Turning around, I could see the motorcoaches trundling
> > north and south on the highway. Saw quite a few 52-footers there,
> too.>
> > *The smaller the dog, the larger the RV?
> >
> > --
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
>