Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:40:08 -0700
Reply-To: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt
Hood..
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In the first week of June I drove from Miami to Portland and I saw less than
half a dozen Vanagons at that included Miguels. It's difficult to drive
through Portland without seeing one and not uncommon to see DoKas, SiKas and
other oddities.
On another note, on that same drive I saw less than half a dozen Sprinters
(one of which, near the Dalles, was a MEGA roof like mine and the only other
MEGA I've laid eyes on) and they're as numerous as Vanagons here too
(excluding DHL, FedEx and the like).
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's crazy - we just got back from the Mt St Helen's Bluegrass Festival
> in
> Toledo, Washington!
>
> Only 2 Vanagons there, Dixie and Matt Snook's '84 Westy. Matt's van was
> sporting a new Kelty 'awning/side tent/thing' - what's its proper name
> Matt? My wife wants one...
>
> Saw something like a hundred Vanagons and Bays in the trip - its prime time
> for Westy's and even hardtop Vanagons with 2 kayaks and 2 bikes on top!
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We were steaming along in a long line of 10 Syncro's in the Trout
> Lake/Mt.
> > St. Helens area last week of July for a few days (Syncro Safari '09
> > arranged
> > by Jim Davis). I wondered what the locals thought of our "herd" and just
> > what might be going on. Lotsa logging going on in one area (we must have
> > seen/driven by at least a dozen log-haulers going in the opposite
> > direction). One water truck driver was having a very bad day and as he
> went
> > by me (I was last in line) I clearly heard him yell the "F" expletive in
> > plural.
> > Link here to some of the photo's taken in the area:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/syncronaut/sets/ .... click on Syncro
> Safari
> > "set".
> >
> >
> >
> > bob
> > '87 Syncro Westy
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Well my trip was just 58 miles..so that is about 3.8 in every ten
> > > miles..Actually about 1/3 of them were right in town..Hood
> > > River is a kind of weekend outing and vacation destination city.. About
> > > half
> > > a bazillion Bay Windows, too...
> > > Don Hanson
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 04:42 PM 8/8/2009, Don Hanson wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> They were everywhere. I saw between 15-20 (didn't keep an accurate
> > > count)
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009
>
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
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Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (USS Tinosa)
'86 Vanagon/Westfalia Wannabe (SaVannah)
Nunquam Pendite Divendium
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