Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:10:53 -0800
Reply-To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vegas, Valley of Fire, Vanagons
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That looks like a crazy beautiful area.
"valley of fire" results via google images:
http://tinyurl.com/bpzfel8
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And yes; cheers to the Versatile Vanagon!
Neil.
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> First off, Valley of Fire ROCKS!!! Yes, do it in your Vanagon. Entrance
> fee is $10, camping with hot showers is another $10; ranger campfire talk
> with SMores is free. I'm ranking the afternoon ramble especially through
> the Petrograph Region very high on my list; but it's a spring/fall kind of
> thing, so plan accordingly. Yesterday was a delight.
>
> Vegas...oof..what a crazy place. I hightailed it out of there today after
> lunch (Saturday); well, the I-15 to Los Angeles was bumper to bumper for
> about 40 miles....and still is as I write this from McDonalds, Primm
> Nevada, used to be called Stateline, which it is. Lots of cussing heard at
> the gas station.... A normal 90 minute drive will take 4.5 hours (Primm to
> Baker)...ugly out there if you have a normal car.
>
> So here is the Vanagon part. Even though I had hoped to make it back to
> San Diego tonight, I don't care! I'm clean and safe and will be well fed
> soon, and I will enjoy a pleasant night in my Vanagon. I'm in the
> McDonalds lot close enough to get wi-fi, so I guess that's the
> entertainment for tonight.
>
> Key point I guess is the versatility of this vehicle. On this trip, got
> me safely from San Diego to great stealth camping at the Trop...cana in
> Vegas. Then a cool drive and hiking and Camping in the Valley of Fire.
> Next, it provided the rescue to a bleak, frustrating, and mechanism-wearing
> situation on the freeway back to Los Angeles and San Diego. Oh yeah, it
> fits in my garage, is paid for since Day 1 (ok, it was used), chicks dig
> it, drinks modest gasoline, and can..blend...in..anywhere...the main
> purpose of this post. ...as I type this adjacent to McDonalds in Primm,
> Nevada. Whou'da figured this 30 years ago?
>
> Hope your Thanksgiving weekend is also going as well.
>
> Rich
> San Diego
>
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Neil n
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