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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:52:29 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW Campground Reviews
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In a message dated 08/10/2009 8:24:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

This is a common problem in a lot of the Federal, State & Provincial parks. Whenever we try to organize a VW campout in one of these parks with sites that "could" accommodate 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 Westys it is always difficult to get the park authorities to let us double up. Joel has been somewhat successful with the Watkins Glen State Park for the Westys @ Watkins event. They will now allow us to double up and then each pays half the price of the site. Last weekend at Bon Echo Provincial Park in Ontario (Canada) for Buses in Bon Echo there was no way to get them to agree to doubling up. Buses were so far from one another it was real exercise to get around for visits. If anyone has had success in changing these Park policies it would be good to document it for others to use in their negotiations. I personally do not think it's a matter of dividing the fee among the uses of the campsite but more the point of getting the buses closer in proximity to one another. AND, for those of you who are going to bring up the Group Campsite thing, MOST of the time those group campsites do not have enough facilities for all the campers, like electricity, washrooms, showers, etc. BTDT !

>>>>>In Washington State Parks, they care not whether you're driving a 50' Prevost or a Westy. ONE camper per site. Extra vehicle cannot have sleeping facilities. Oregon State Parks (at least on the east side of the state) are more flexible. 50' Prevost = 3 Westies. One at full rate, two at 'extra vehicle' rate. Put as many Westies in as the campsite will hold. It's not really a money thing, it's mre a togetherness thing. It's difficult to do a group campout when the rigs are scattered all over the bloody park. And, it's against MY principle to camp in a parking lot (which is what many state park 'group sites' are.)<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) ) _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14, 2009


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