Date:         Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:30:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Local travel while camping
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  Some folks tow a VW bug...I have friends....my "inspiration" to look into
buying a Vanagon...who used to camp near us in Baja during winters.  They
had two boys, a Westie with a Mazda motor and towed a Baja Bug from PDX
area to La Paz every winter.  They also had a large dome tent...So the
Vanagon and the tent stayed put, for the most part and the side trips were
done in the Baja Bug....Their M.O. was to unhitch the Baja for the big
mountain sections of the trip...seeing as they came equipped to stay for
3-4 months with surfboards, windsurfing equipment and the two boys...a big
load to pull.

  They had no trouble on the level, but in the mountainous country their
rig was pretty "stressed" unless Karen got out and drove 'chase' in the
beetle.

  Right now, I am in the land of "Rolling McMansions"...some of these
motorhomes around here, they have a larger footprint than my whole house at
home, with multiple tip-outs, slide outs, flag poles, blinking LED light
shows outside, generators galore and often towing matching toybox trailers
with dueling Harleys inside, while the Wifey-pooh follow along in the
Humvee...

  "At either end of the social structure, there lies a Leisure
Class"....anon.