Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:57:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
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From:         Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: What's that?
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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NICE!

On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
>
>> Someone ought to put together a poll asking about how we use our
>> Westies.
>> Seems each of us has his own definition of "camping".
>>
>
> Got's to jump in on this one.  I just checked my log, 65 nights in
> Starwagen
> ('90 Westy) so far this calender year.  Where? Everywhere from friends
> driveways to top end, well manicured RV parks.  But mostly Federal,
> State
> and county campgrounds. And even when offered the guest room at
> friends
> places I sometimes choose the Westy, I'm 'at home' there, not a
> guest.  So
> what is camping?  Well, on the near four week trip this fall it
> meant I
> could take the trip.  I could never have afforded hotel or motel
> bills for
> that period of time.  Camping along the way meant getting to Devils
> Tower,
> Deadwood, Custer Battlefield, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument,
> three days
> in Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole, and on to the
> WetWesties
> Reunion at Catherine Creek. It means, as one list member used to
> sign off
> "When you get there you're home'. And it means taking the 'Blue
> Highways'
> when I can, seeing things and places away from the Interstate.  And
> occasionally finding a small campground or wayside that I'd
> otherwise miss.