Date:         Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:13:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons seen today (Sat)
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Right when i rolled in oregon this guy passed me on the right in a brown
westy giving me the peace sign,, hehe nice.. i was like bro, i made it.. ;-)
my lil girls would fight on who got the front seat.. LOL some people think its a POS but
hey its paid for...

ohh and he had a sticker that said "dont be a dick"

Joe
-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
>Sent: Sep 1, 2007 7:02 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Vanagons seen today (Sat)
>
>10!
>Did a little town driving today and saw nine Vanagons (includes mine)
>and one Bay windowed westy, it was a nice day.
>
>We started off driving into Olympia,WA on 101 from Shelton (around a
>20 mile trip). We were south bound and a white Vanagon (1) was headed
>north, he didn't wave.
>We continued until 101 ends at I-5 and then we went north a few miles
>on the interstate, got off at Pacific and stopped so my 15 yo
>daughter could 'shop' at Ross. No Vanagons :-(
> From there we went up the road maybe 1/4 mile to Home Depot and saw
>a blue Vanagon (2) in the HD parking lot. I didn't park next to it as
>I don't do that any more... (I'm not spare parts & don't want to
>tempt anyone again).  I left HD and stopped at the Cash & Carry for a
>gallon of ranch dressing, as I left that parking lot I saw the HD VW
>(2) making a left onto Pacific, I honked the horn but I guess he
>didn't hear. I turned right on Pacific and went down to Harbor
>Freight ( a breaker bar for the lug nuts on my son's car, I already
>have one in my Vanagon). On the way out of the HF parking lot I saw a
>bicycle shop & stopped to get a tire for my bike, $16 for a cheap
>imported tire.... You cannot buy a bike tire in Shelton anymore. From
>there it was back to I-5 heading south to the downtown Olympia exit
>(a mile of so) and head for State street, take a left and follow it
>along until we get to Capital Mall, my daughter wanted to go to some
>'specific' stores at the mall. While in Olympia on State street
>before we crossed the bridge we saw another Vanagon (3), It was brown
>and had round headlights. I did not wave or honk this time, there was
>something going on at the Olympia waterfront and it was really
>crowded, I was driving.
>As we got out of that part of Olympia and headed up State street
>there was a red Vanagon (4) parked in front of a business (State St
>had changed to Harrison by that time) on a side street. My daughter
>saw it and spoke, I saw it in the rear view mirror. A nice looking red too.
>No Vanagons noted at the part of the Capital Mall parking lot I saw.
>After we left the mall I continued on Harrison, it changes again to
>Mud Bay. Down by where Mud Bay runs into 101 there is a bakery (I
>can't remember the name, good food and coffee). There are always
>Vanagons parked there, they work or own the place of something, I
>never asked. Anyway there were 4 parked there today... I had to think
>about counting them or not and figured what the heck? (5),(6),(7),(8).
>On the way back to Shelton we saw the bay westy heading south (9).
>When we got home I saw #10 sitting in my driveway <g>.
>
>
>
>Rob
>becida@comcast.net
>
>With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.
>I have a converted Subaru 2.2 harness, intake, AFM & the sensors for sale.