Hi Courtney, I dunno how many editions of Tollander's book there are. Mine was printed in 1979. Al Knoll loaned his to me, and after I returned it, I looked for a copy on Amazon and found that wide price range you found. I just picked a used one at an affordable (read: cheap) price point. Looks to be the same as Al's. I reckon it's a Good Thing for anyone who likes to poke along the back roads. We found a lot of pleasure trying to follow in his footsteps. His hand-drawn detail maps are sometimes lacking in detail and we ended up going down other roads. All in all, we had a good time seeing areas off the highways. -- Rocky J Squirrel
On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 18:48 -0700, Courtney Hook wrote: > 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 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 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 > Backroads o > > > 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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