Play music, read, play Scrabble, tell stories, bake bread, play euchre, write a song, play chess, go for a walk, argue about hockey/baseball/politics/war/premarital sex/the meaning of meaning...gee Mike, I thought you were all grown-up! =)

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay guys, plenty of you have provided encouraging and enlightening words > in favor of camping in the rainy condition. > > So -- followup question: > > What do you find fun or satisfying to do when sitting under your van's > awning in the rain? Once the novelty has passed and you're beginning to > notice that it's kinda cold, damp, and gray. > > I gotta sell my son on the idea. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > On 8/28/2009 8:59 AM RICHARD KOERNER wrote: > > Steve, >> >> You wrote, "...In May, I took my camper to GoWesty to have the new >> higher-compression engine put in along with a lot of other work....." >> >> SO...tell me about that engine! Is it the 2.3? You must have previously >> had (like I do) the 1.9; how do you like the new one? How much did it cost? >> Running higher octane like they recommend? How does it perform on long >> grades? What other stuff did they "strongly recommend" with the new engine, >> and how much did all that cost? >> >> My 1.9 is running great, but at 174,000 miles on original everything >> (motorwise), I've got to really start planning for the future. Subie seems >> too complicated and expensive, no Zetec here in Southern California, not >> interested in the inline-4 route, so a "better" wasserboxer like GoWesty >> offers seems the cleanest solution. And, I would have them do the install >> work for me, they're only 250 miles away. >> >> Rich >> 85 Vanagon GL >> San Diego >> >>

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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