Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:35:45 -0700
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 972 Miles Later
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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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