I've drove up Sherwin Grade out of Bishop many times in the afternoon, air and water cooled; I take it easy, of course. A/C if you have it is off. Get your rpms steady in third. If I recall correctly I ran my 87 Wolfsburg and my dad's 89 Westfalia right around 48-50mph - steady up the grade and watch the temp gauge. Our old 73 Thing I think I ran around 45mph up Sherwin; same thing - steady, not over reved in third, sit back and relax and enjoy the view of the White Mountains on your right and the Sierra Nevada on your left. An alternative that someone else suggested is to sleep somewhere around Bishop and then head up Sherwin in the evening or early morning. Donna, 87 syncro
On 7/7/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > So tomorrow morning at 4am PDT, I'm leaving Carlsbad, CA and heading > north. First on I-15, then onto highway 395 to points north. The > National Weather Service tells me that by the time I get to Bishop, CA > (lunch-time-ish) the temps will be in the 100's and breaking records. My > original plan was to get to Deadman Canyon (near Lee Vining) in the > afternoon, but the heat may melt me. > > Where around Bishop (other than a motel) might a fellow camp that would > not be totally sun-blasted nor require climbing so many thousands of > feet of elevation that his Westy might overheat? > > -- > 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 > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.