Date:         Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:34:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Markus Mumper <markusmumper@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Markus Mumper <markusmumper@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon sighting Cactus convention Tucson
Comments: To: Toni Rizzo <toni@mcn.org>
In-Reply-To:  <49E224C0.8090703@mcn.org>
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Dang Toni - I saw your van too and was wondering the same thing! Too bad we
couldn't hook up.

My wife and I were at the biennial CSSA Convention. This was our third time
in six years.

We came home with the van stocked to the gills with succulent purchases - a
lot of fun.

We camped in the Mojave Desert for a couple of nights on our way to Tucson -
really nice time of year with a lot of stuff flowering including some
Echinocereus. It was darn windy though.

On our way to and from the convention it seemed that we were always driving
into the wind. Really killed our mileage, we managed about 14 MPG for the
whole trip (1,600 miles), really poor. The van is also not a lot of fun to
drive when it's windy (even with GoWesty 15" rims), you really can't relax.
The Girl ran great though with no mechanical problems at all.

Markus and Maggie with The Girl ('87 Westy) in Pismo Beach, CA........

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Toni Rizzo <toni@mcn.org> wrote:

> Hey, I'm at the Westin La Paloma (actually camping north of here) in
> Tucson for a cactus convention and there's a blue/gray westy (California
> plates I think) in the parking lot with a vanagon.com sticker on the
> back. Just wondering who you are?
>
> Toni from the Mendocino coast, CA
> '90 burgundy Westy Lucy (also in the parking lot)
>