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Date:         Sat, 9 Mar 2013 02:59:25 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Home after 4950 miles..
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <1362784738.44738.YahooMailClassic@web164505.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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I have two dreams that keep me going: one is a Westy parked at a campground in Oak Creek Canyon above Sedona, AZ with a motorcycle trailer behind it. I get up, have my morning coffee, then ride up through Oak Creek Canyon all day, returning to have dinner in Sedona. The other is basically the same, but in the Florida Keys. The hope that someday I will do one or both is why I get up and go to work everyday (and my 20 yr old daughter who is in college) . A lady who would also like to do this is a plus! Sturgis would be nice too... Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > Yeah, I secretly hate reading Don's posts because they make me feel > like a slacker for going to work instead of lighting out for the > territories.  That Westy at home is just going to waste. > Stephen > --- On Fri, 3/8/13, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> > Subject: Re: Home after 4950 miles.. > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, March 8, 2013, 2:42 PM > sounds like a great trip, Don.  I'm envious.  mcneely > ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > ...trouble-free.   A 9-week winter trip to the Southwest US for some > > sun > > and bicycling.  As usual for this trip, (4th time in this van, I > > think)  my > > 84 5sp inline VW powered van ran great, giving me about 22 mpg most > > of the > > time at my normal cruising speeds of around 65mph.   Only thing that > > I > > bought for the van was a replacement for my NAPA coach battery which > > was > > starting to lose it's ability to deliver power for my laptop and sat > > radio, > > etc.    $21 for that, pro rated. > > > >   Gasoline was pricey in California, about $.25/gal cheaper in > >Oregon on > > the return trip.   I had a beautiful drive home on Hwy 395, with a > > stop > > near Bishop, California to ride the kinks out of my legs.   I was > > racing to > > beat a Pacific storm coming in, almost got caught near Bodie, > > California > > when a heavy snow flurry came in, but luckily, I was over the pass > > heading > > downhill.   Another flurry this AM near Bend, Or and some freezing > > fog...but otherwise an easy trip.   Slept a few hrs last night near > > Summerlake in eastern Or. and was serenaded by a couple of hooting > > owls and > > some sandhill cranes out on the lake shore... > > > >    this is what I have my faux Westie for. > > > >   Don Hanson > -- > David McNeely


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