VERY WELL SAID ;) On 9-Jun-10, at 6:58 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > Yeah, "camping" in a Westie....that's really what is called "car- > camping" > . When you pull your vehicle right up to a picnic table and live > out of > it...that is "car camping". > > If you spend most of your time inside, in your air conditioning, I'd > say > you aren't camping anymore, you are "RV-ing" I'd be really put off > if some > Westie spied us in a formal campground and "camped" next door > (because we > are Vanagon folks, too) and then they fired up a generator to run > their air > conditioner and watch videos and run the microwave...etc etc. > > I don't really get the point of driving to some semi-remote > "campsite" > only to spend the whole time "indoors"...especially indoors in a > Vanagon..You may as well stay home indoors or bring a "real" RV, one > with a > couple of pop-out rooms and some TVs and stuff.. > > Doesn't the majority of humanity do ok without AC? > > Don Hanson > > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:14 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> I've known tent campers and backpackers who would say the same of a >> Westy. >> To each his own. >> >> >> >> Jeff Stewart >> >> >> ----- "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote: >>> Hi Volks, >>> >>> It's just my opinion, but if you have air conditioning, I don't >>> think >>> you are camping any longer. >>> >>> >>> Happy Trails, >>> >>> Greg Potts >>> Toronto, Ontario Canada >>> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" >>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop >>> www.pottsfamily.ca >>> >>> BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 13-15th, 2010 >>> www.pottsfamily.ca\busesofthecorn >>> >> |
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