Date:         Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:33:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: As nice as, but better?
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Lots of folks live on the hook (anchor), which costs nothing. But you
can get liveaboard moorage for $400.00, including utilities. Half the
cost of a tiny, grundgy apartment, and what a view!
>
> On 2/26/07, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> > There is still a good fee for the place you park your boat, is not so.
> > Z
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nathaniel Poole" <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: As nice as, but better?
> >
> >
> > > Do what I'm doing in April: Move aboard a boat and keep the westy for
> > > driving south in cold winters. That way you get waterfront living
> > > wherever you want, and camping in the boonies when you need something
> > > different. Either way you're out of reach of the man and his greedy
> > > claws.
> > >
> > > Nathaniel
> > >
> > > On 2/26/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Mrs Squirrel and I are tossing around ideas for fulltiming, or at least
> > >> long-terming. We love Mellow Yellow, we love its floorplan, we love its
> > >> 360-degree views. We don't love its reliability vis a vis a newer
> > >> vehicle, and while van camping is nearly ideal, because it lets us visit
> > >> places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a
> > >> quick trip into town for a bottle of aspirin, a restaurant dinner, or a
> > >> movie more difficult than a trailer because you can't just drive away
> > >> from camp without some tear down and setup.
> > >>
> > >> So while a small trailer is another option, with a husky little vehicle
> > >> like a Subaru Forester, the eentsier campgrounds might be harder to get
> > >> into, and none of the trailers we've seen (Casita, Scamp, T@B,
> > >> [Airstreams are too heavy]) have the tidy and sensible floorplan that we
> > >> love about our Westy, nor do they have anywhere the window space. I
> > >> expect that just about everyone on this group knows what we're talking
> > >> about. It's all about finding the right balance of compromises for the
> > >> individual camping style.
> > >>
> > >> Mrs Squirrel asked me to write this group, figuring that there may be
> > >> some folks here that have seen alternatives that they've found to be
> > >> nearly as good. Main things: more reliable and windows, maybe all this
> > >> in small trailer format.
> > >>
> > >> While this thread isn't one that I'd like to see take up much bandwidth
> > >> on the Vanagon list, but the list membership are nevertheless the ideal
> > >> folk to ask this question of, so if anyone has thoughts, please p-mail
> > >> me. Mrs Squirrel will receive a copy of anything you send, for her
> > >> consideration.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> 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
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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