Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:23:17 -0800
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Call for camping/BBB
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As per usual, I will be there and hopefully it will not be a "Buses By The
Frigid" like last year was. It was the first time I ever saw it snow at
Lake Havasu, even if it was for 15 minutes on a Friday afternoon :-)
Remember, the dates for this one is Jan 18th-20th, 2008.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On Dec 26, 2007 6:08 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
> This is the same advice I gave Mr. Squirrel a couple of weeks ago.
>
> I have been encouraging him to stop there on his way to or from his
> great 10 day sojourn to the SW, even if he has to hang w/ his
> neighbor, the esteemed Dr. Drillock.
>
> Which now brings a change of threads in mid stream: How many
> listees are planning on going to BBB this year? Like Mark said, lots
> of fun vw volks/listees there every year. I even met Karl M there 1
> year, when he pulled in from Maryland w/ another vanagonite in his "
> Turbo Diesel Syncro Westy on Steroids" & won the long distance award.
>
> Rumor has it that Jordan VW will be camping there this year?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Tom B.-in Maine for the holidays, but in Lake Havasu City, AZ for
> BBB in Jan. again(8-9 years running)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Mark Drillock wrote:
>
> > Mike, you should consider going to Buses By The Bridge, in AZ the
> > weekend of Jan18-20. It is a fun event with lots of nice VW owners.
> >
> > http://www.busesbythebridge.com/
> >
> > There were over 300 VW buses last year, from all over.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Elliott wrote:
> >> Last January I took a cruise up the Pacific coastline from San
> >> Diego. This
> >> coming January I'm thinking of heading east. I'll only have about
> >> 10 days
> >> or so, so four - five days out is as far as I can go. I reckon I can
> >> easily get to mid-Arizona on the first day. After that, I'll want
> >> to find
> >> pretty places to camp, pretty as a postcard, quiet, no hookups, a
> >> sense of
> >> solitude highly desired. "Single White Old Guy ISO southwest
> >> beauty," I
> >> suppose this could be called. Recommendations?
> >> --
> >> 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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