Date:         Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:05:25 -0500
Reply-To:     greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: They're GIVING Vanagons away in San Diego!
Comments: To: Walter Houle <whoule@ECSCONTROLS.COM>
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Hi Walter,

That must be nice.

In my neck of the woods (Toronto, a city of 3 million people) the only  
Vanagons I see usually belong to members of the local VW scene. There  
are at total of three Vanagons that I know of being winter-driven in  
Toronto. I own one, and my Dad owns the other two. And FWIW my work  
keeps me quite mobile, I range widely (in my Vanagon) covering about  
500 miles per week around town, and seeing another Vanagon on my  
travels is a noteworthy occasion. (Unless of course my travels are  
taking me to a VW event).

OTOH, what buses remain up here in the frozen tundra have become a  
pretty tight-knit community of themselves. So much so that some become  
so desperate that they defy a sensible hibernation, (Or Migration, for  
those who choose to do it Condelli-style) and go camping in February.  
This past weekend the VW buses came from both the northern and  
Southern shores of Lake Ontario to meet west of the lake, at Valens  
Conservation Area for the annual True Canadian Winter Bus Campout.

We came, we conquered, we had a great time doing it. A more thorough  
trip report will be written in its own thread.


Greg





Quoting Walter Houle <whoule@ECSCONTROLS.COM>:

> There sure are plenty still out there. I just got back from a Mt Palomar
> trip to watch the Tour of CA bike race go by.  On a 120 mile round trip I
> saw at least 10. Adventurewagon, Syncro, Westies, and Passenger Vans. All
> appeared to be well maintained and all were filled with people having fun.
>
> Walter
> San Diego
>
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:18:34 -0800, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
> wrote:
>
>> Come on now, mostly disappeared? I see them every day and I don't mean
>> just the same few ones or any of mine either. I can show you where at
>> least 15 different ones are within a 2 mile radius of my house. Almost
>> any time I go to a major store I see one or more.
>