Date:         Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:43:09 -0500
Reply-To:     aaron <aaron@AARONPACKARD.COM>
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From:         aaron <aaron@AARONPACKARD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sightings...
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Jeffry,

Keep your eyes out ivory 82. I get out to the hills as much as I can.
I have only had him for a couple of months.

All the best
Aaron

Vemillion, SD



On Sep 6, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Jeffrey Olson wrote:

> I've been off the list for a couple months, after being connected
> since the beginning.  I like "sightings."  Vanagons are rare in South
> Dakota.  I see one parked on Main Street in Rapid City next to a high
> end granite/stone/counter yard - it never moves.  Today I was
> returning
> from hiking in the Bighorns in Wyoming and saw a red late 80s or early
> 90s non-westy vanagon with two bicycles on a bumper rack heading west.
> I was in a 99 suburban and about crawled through the window wanting to
> pump my arm and scream, "YES!!!!"  They are so rare in the flyover
> zone...
>
> My favorite though is a westy in a driveway at the top of the hill
> between Franklin and Beverly Way in SAnta Rosa.  My folks live on
> Beverly Way and when I crest the hill, look right, there is the westy.
> I am warmed...
>
> Jeffrey Olson
> Martin, SD