Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:39:54 -0700
Reply-To: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What's that? Welcome mat
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Now you've done it. Those of us with fairly new Westies will be Jonesin for
a GMC, upgraded of course, or maybe a Vixen (kinda westyish), or maybe a
BlueBird wanderlodge.
We grouse about NLAs and parts and bits and so forth but we have the list to
consult. The GMC guys and the Vixen guys have similar addiction support
groups but their repair bills are usually more severe walletbites.
We grumble about fuel range and so on. Mileage, I mean. Now that Vixen
with the pusher 5cyl TD that's a long range wagen. But miniscule ground
clearance. The GMC is, well, a rolling antique, albeit a glorious one with
the three tone gold hi-lo shag and like that. The wanderlodge is a REAL bus
not a pretend bus like our VWs.
Camping is more adventurous and exciting in the Westy. Heck, if you feel a
bit under gunned you can buy a generator. I'll zing up a few pix of the
various to Picasa and post a link.
Quartzine and BLM long term camping is a totally different experience, kinda
like burning man but droopier.
Did RJ Squirrel ever figure out the potty training bit? The short thetford
makes you true class C and fits between the seats. Hook up a greywater tank
of your own design made of plastic and secured with removable straps for
emptying and shazam! You're almost in RV wonderland.
Pensionerd.
On 9/26/09, Thomas Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Sep 26, 2009, at 4:34 PM, George Wietor wrote:
>
> Visited my in-laws at their former winter HQ in a very nice Yuma, AZ
>> RV park. The management insisted on a 55- and- older clientele and
>> advertised a fairly steep overnight transient fee on their
>> billboard out front. Seasonal and monthly rates were quite
>> reasonable IIRC. The idea was to keep the riffraff out. The only pop-
>> top was a Eurovan which a Canadian couple placed in front of their
>> park model unit for daily driving. It was illegal to actually sleep
>> in a vehicle parked in a driveway.
>> The customer base is often word-of-mouth and people often plan to
>> return year after year. Make good friends with fellow RVers-you may
>> need references for the cleaner locations.
>>
>> My parents RV'd into retirement. They mentioned that older RVs are
>> not readily welcomed in a lot of the nicer places.
>>
>
> "I hope I die before I get old"-The Who
>
> Shoot moi if I ever try to visit Quartzite again.
>
> Makes moi want to get a 1972 GMC motorhome?
>
> Whoa, that got my dander up.
>
> Mr. Bz-now old enough, but no plans to visit 1 of those communities if
> I can help it?
>
>
>
>
>
>> George. 83.5 Westy parked in the driveway. Grand Rapids MI
>> No actual personal RV experience.
>>
>> Wasn't there a time when you had to
>>> pitch a tent
>>> ( just to get in the tent spaces? )
>>> with an RV er' VW Camperbus?
>>> & then have to sneak into your poptop to sleep?
>>> I guess their getting a little better :o)
>>>
>>>