Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:48:24 -0700
Reply-To: Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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From: Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: 972 Miles Later
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How many editions of this book are out there; has it been updated? I checked
on amazon and it runs from 39 cents to 999.00 dollars for a copy!!!
Courtney
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Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind,
and the ones who mind, don't matter.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:41 PM
Subject: 972 Miles Later
> We're back. Our northwestern Oregon trip, from Bend to the coast at
> Newport, up the coast to Astoria, then east to Portland, The Dalles,
> then south to Maupin, and then finally back to Bend, finished this
> afternoon. 972 miles, all told, as many as possible on backroads (Eric
> Tollander's Backroads of Oregon was our guide, thank you Al Knoll, for
> turning me on to that book), up hill and down dale, meandering where
> possible, rushing at interstate speed where unavoidable, and all without
> a hiccup.
>
> The symptom I was dealing with last month (brief, recurring, loss of
> power when climbing steep hills in hot weather) did not occur. The only
> difference between then and now is it was about 10 to 15 degrees hotter
> then than it was this time, the cover to my AFM had come loose and there
> quite a bit of dust in there, and I was pulling my trailer. This time
> the AFM was clean and sealed, and no trailer. Mellow Yellow pulled up
> steep grades at 4,000 rpm in 1st and 2nd gear quite handily on this
> trip.
>
> What we learned:
>
> Oregon's state parks are like California's: overcrowded, sites packed
> next to each other like sardines, overly-manicured, and full. People
> apparently like to crowd, and apparently want lawns outside their
> 40-foot campers to walk their little yappy dogs on.
>
> Washington's parks may be nicer: visited Cape Disappointment state park
> in Wash., and it was not quite as cheek-by-jowl nor as city-park tidy as
> those in Cali and Ore.
>
> In one central coast town, one can apparently camp overnight right on
> the frickin' beach. I mean, right down there, facing the water, with
> nothing but a hundred feet or so of flat sand beach between your van and
> the surf. This we learned after staying the night at the town's one inn.
> Five or so vehicles, including a Vanagon Westy, stayed the night. Sigh.
> Next time!
>
> There is also free camping on beaches along the Columbia River, between
> Portland and Astoria.
>
> There were many Westies to be spotted. Ranging from a couple splitties,
> several bay windows, and quite a number of Vanagons.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
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