Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:15:15 -0500
Reply-To: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Is it a car or a camper?
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The SS Badger is cool old ship. You can stand on the bow and do the Titanic
arm sweep while cruising across the lake.
We went one year when it was still Ludington to Kewanee on our way to the
Peshtigo River to do some rafting. Had an '87 4 Runner then. The ever
popular Buses by the Beach would only be about 2 hours from Ludington,
Michigan, according to Google Maps. Would be great to that route in a
Vanagon.
Info on Badger here: http://www.ssbadger.com/home.aspx
Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:08 PM, chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@yahoo.com>wrote:
> OK, it's a camper or RV. Now if you take the SS Badger car ferry across
> Lake Michigan you have to pay the RV rate of $5.50 a foot (15') = $82.50
> instead of the normal car, SUV, pick-up truck rate of $77.
> When I inquired about the RV rate I was asked if I had a sink--that
> would make it an RV according to their fare rules. With my MV there was no
> sink. You can decide if you want to volunteer the information that you have
> a sink--I don't think the good people that run the ferry would really care
> about a Vanagon Camper skirting the RV rate anyway. Happy to have you
> aboard.
> Anyone traveling to the "Buses by the Beach" camp outs from the west that
> wants to skip Illinois and Indiana,have fun playing bingo, name that tune,
> watch movies or just sit on the deck; I highly recommend the big old coal
> fired, steam powered car ferry.
>
> Chris C
> Wisconsin
>
>
>
> Re: Is it a car or a camper?
>
> That's probably good advice.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
> wrot=
> e:
> > Having encountered the same problem in describing my Westy setup I now
> te=
> ll anyone who is not obviously VW-centric that I am driving and sleeping
> in=
> a Class B RV.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> > --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
> > Subject: Re: Is it a car or a camper?
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:31 PM
> >
> >
> > Hmmm ..... .=A0 So, some of us have been forced to stay in a parking lot
> > with the RVs (or in other cases to pay an RV fee for a spot with hookups
> > though we wouldn't use them) when in our campers.=A0 Now you have been
> > told that your camper is a car, and not suitable for camping.=A0 Strange
> > people out there.=A0 Glad it worked out.
> >
> > David
>
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