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Date:         Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:51:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Doug Noganav <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Noganav <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Trip Photos (Was: Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel)
Comments: To: pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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Wow! Grrrrrrrreat stuff !

Some very talented picture taking for sure.

Doug

----- Original Message ----- From: "pickle vanagon" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:22 PM Subject: Trip Photos (Was: Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel)

> I just realized I never posted a link to the pictures from our x-country > trip last summer. Pickle did 8000 miles in three weeks. That's cramped for > timing, but it's what we could fit into our lives right now and it was > great. Having no mechanical trouble made a big difference. We went from > jersey out west (furthest was Berkley) and then back to Jersey. We mostly > sprinted while in the east so that we could maximize our time out west. The > highlight of the trip was probably hiking the grand canyon, but there were > so many spectacular things---the trip was way more than the sum of its > parts. If anyone is interested in more specifics about our trip let me > know. > > pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mchikina/RoadTrip# > This is just a selection of the photos obviously, and is mostly from places > out west. > > > -Wes > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, brady <dofunk@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Don't get caught on a dirt road mountain pass at 10k and then try to drive > > down said dirt mountian road in the snow that fell over night in your 2wd > > vanagon. > > It happened to me and it took us 5hrs to go 3 miles back down to a safe > > area. The road was totally a mud slick slide and it was so bad I had all > > out of the van and I was driving with the door open so if the van started to > > go for it over the edge I could bail!. Most of the time I had to keep the > > van in revers with tire chains on just to keep it in place and not slide off > > the side of the road. I also had a rope tied to the front of the van so the > > other two with me could pull a-la tug-o-war to also keep it from sliding off > > of the cliff. > > Brady > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Ryan Tanner <ryanatanner@GOOGLEMAIL.COM> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:42:46 PM > > Subject: Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel > > > > I'd love to hear about anyone's cross-country westfalia experiences. I'm > > going from RI to WA to CA and back this summer. Any tips on what to do/not > > do on such a trip are welcome! Thanks, Ryan > >


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