Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:41:07 -0600
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
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I forgot. If you need emergency service on your Vanagon. Bob Myers
FCS in N. Little Rock. He's old school, but will work on Vanagons,
especially if you drop my name and tell him I said hi. His daily
driver is still a red 67 Beetle.
At 12:42 PM 1/6/2010, Tom Buese wrote:
>On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
>>Deep south, for me = Alabama & Mississippi. Maybe Georgia?
>
>Howzabout Arkansas, Louisiana, & Tennessee, not to mention Florida?
>
>Surely there are vanagonauts/other interesting things to see & do in
>those areas?
>
>YMMV,
>
>Mr. BZ
>>
>>Texas is visiting friends in Austin and Ft. Worth, and a cousin in
>>Dallas.
>>I've been to San Antonio - alas, over a very cold Christmas, when it
>>snowed
>>on the Mexican border. Not much fun!
>>
>>Oklahoma, of course, is visiting Larry & Maggie in Ponca City!
>>
>>Colorado is visiting friends in Denver & Boulder.
>>
>>The deep south is the great unknown for me....
>>
>>
>>
>>Joy
>>
>>On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:24 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Are you including Texas as part of the "Deep South"? It's not of
>>>course
>>>(it's Texas, which is its own special place), but some folks from
>>>the East
>>>and the North consider it so out of ignorance. If you want
>>>pointers in
>>>Texas and Oklahoma (also not part of the South of course), give me
>>>an idea
>>>of your route and whether you are looking for nature or other kinds
>>>of
>>>spots. I can suggest places better with that information. Lots of
>>>really
>>>neat places of course.
>>>
>>>David McNeely
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I'm planning to head across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi &
>>>>Louisiana to
>>>>Texas late January-early February, en route to visit friends in
>>>>Texas,
>>>>Oklahoma, and Colorado.
>>>>
>>>>I'm interested in interesting suggestions on places to stop in the
>>>>deep
>>>>south. I've been saying ever since I first traveled in my van
>>>>that I
>>>>wanted
>>>>to spend some time in the south in the winter, and I've never
>>>>actually
>>>>done
>>>>it. I don't know how much time I'll actually end up with, but
>>>>hopefully
>>>>at
>>>>least a couple of weeks for the Georgia-through-Mississippi
>>>>stretch. (I
>>>>have done a bit of exploring in Louisiana already.)
>>>>
>>>>Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Joy
>>>>and Matilda
>>>>and the kayak, who would love to get out onto the water on the way
>>>>as
>>>>well...
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