Date:         Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:42:35 -0400
Reply-To:     "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt
              Hood..
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
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Wow!

That was very enjoyable to an Indiana flatlander with two buses down right
now.  Should have the '87 back on line by Labor Day for some end of the
summer camping.

Thanks, Bob!


Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com


On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:51 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".
>
> I thought White Salmon was a beautiful little berg. Very upscale looking
> community, I thought. I forgot just how beautiful the NW is. Used to live
> in
> PDX and haven't been back since the mid-70's. I'll go back. Great camping
> but I have to admit that the recent heat wave made it hard for me to enjoy
> the scenic beauty that lives there. Fantastic campgrounds!! Wonderful river
> running through Trout Lake, which we used as our cooling off spot. Made the
> rest of the day enjoyable.
>
> 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)
> >
> > >
> >
>