Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:13:48 -0400
Reply-To: David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Everybus 2007 (Our First Time)
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BTW,
On Saturday night, we switched sleeping places with the kids and slept on
the top bunk. Anyone that was at EB knows that it rained cats and dogs and
was quite windy through Saturday night (we were up in the so-called "hippy
corner" up against a row of cedar trees) and I heard the rain and wind all
night. At times comforting (the rain) and times troubling (the wind), I
found the upper bunk quite comfortable, and had more room to stretch out my
legs. I didn't even have a problem making my middle of the night foray to
the bathroom (guys over 50 will understand). The only problem we experienced
was in the morning, when my wife realized that the T-shirt that she had
taken off had been touching the canvas during the night. It was soaked. That
was the only thing that sucked moisture through the canvas, but fortunately
didn't spread anywhere else.
Other than that, I quite liked sleeping "upstairs".
Dave
On 4/20/07, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good for your 14-year-old! Please fix her how to repair her own van - I
> wish my dad had taught me.
>
> (The fact that we didn't own a motor vehicle and he didn't know a thing
> about car repair is neither here nor there. Just as the fact that he only
> spoke English and my mom speaks English & Yiddish didn't matter at all
> when
> I was mad at them for not having brought me up fluent in German, when my
> two
> best friends were bilingual.)
>
> I hope typing vanagon emails doesn't count as violating the moment of
> silence. I am wearing orange and listening to solemn church bells as I
> type. Indeed, they sound much more solemn than usual.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> 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 traveling in the van or living in one place:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
> ****************************************************************
>
>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> :::Of Jeff Ensing
> :::Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:21 AM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Everybus 2007 (Our First Time)
> :::
> :::This was our first year also.
> :::
> :::It was a wonderful time! I met a lot of great people and look forward
> :::to
> :::meeting more of you at upcoming events.
> :::
> :::Our fourteen year old got bitten by the VW bug bad !! she is now
> hell
> :::bent
> :::on having a VW to start restoring for her fifteenth birthday coming
> up!
> :::
> :::Thanks to Hans for having the Vanaru there to test drive also.
> :::It was an interesting perspective on transplants and gear ratios
> for me.
> :::
> :::
> :::Thank you to Chris and whomever else made this happen it looks like
> quite
> :::an
> :::undertaking and I really appreciate that we have events like this to go
> :::to.
> :::
> :::The trip was a success mechanically .
> :::On the way up we picked up a tank of gas with some water in it .
> This
> :::was
> :::easily drained ( and spotted)
> ::: because of the pre pump clear filter I use .
> :::
> :::We decided at the last minute because of the weather coming to leave
> late
> :::Saturday night.
> :::I was sorry we did not get to say some more good byes but I was glad we
> :::broke camp before that rain!
> :::
> :::Our only glitch on the way home was losing the trailer lights, which
> I
> :::noticed right away
> :::(and so did the South Carolina state troopers !)
> :::Once they established my trailer did Not have 100 lbs of pot , and we
> :::were
> :::no threat to homeland security they humbly let me fix my lights which
> :::just
> :::turned out to be a dead short where the running lights were pinched by
> :::the
> :::safety chain bolt six years ago .... and just now decided to show up.
> :::
> :::Great time guys ... looking forward to the next one!
> :::
> :::Jeff E. , Leela and Asalyn too
> :::Atlanta , Ga.
> :::87' Westy "weekender"
> :::91' GL "Drop dead red"
> :::
> :::
> :::
> :::
> :::************************************** See what's free at
> :::http://www.aol.com.
>
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