Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:44:10 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Beyond Vanagon
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Everything is a compromise, except motor homing is not. It is taking the house with you, no compromise at all. mcneely
---- OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> I can buy into that ~ I have DownSized my Westy ~ I have no Kitchen ~
> I like to cook & eat outdoors ~ I have no closet, I keep the extra
> clothes I take along in a duffle that I use as a pillow ~ My Westy
> does have PowerWindows which are the extent of my AirConditioning.
> We really should own up to the fact, though, that what we do in our
> Westys&TinTops is not considered to be "Camping" by a lot of folks so
> we should be careful about the degree of judgement we cast in the
> direction of the MotorHomeCroud. While I never ever see myself as
> wanting to partake in that lifestyle, what we all do is what I refer
> to as "CarCamping" (& I do enjoy it for what it avails) ~ the M'H'C's
> just do it considerably more extravagantly & a bit more out of touch
> with the outdoors then we do.
> Real camping, to me, is sleeping on the ground by a smoldering
> CampFire with the SingingWaters of a RiverRapids a few feet away but
> what my Westy provides in todays world is a means for me to get away,
> quickly, into the wilderness, to some place where I can fall asleep to
> the sounds Owls & Coyotes &or Elk & wake up with a
> MorningStretch&BreathOfFreshAir in the GreatOutDoors.
> I had a TShirt made up many years ago, long before my 1st Westy, when
> the only camping I did was via BackPack or Canoe or Raft (which is
> still what I prefer) it read "I love roughin it as long as I'm
> comfortable" ~ comfort of course is subjective ~ Long Live our VWVans
> ~ please!
>
> ORR ~ DeanB
>
> On 24 Mar , 2013, at 10:00 PM, bernie wrote:
>
> > "But I mean, the main thing, Wally, is that I think that kind of
> > comfort
> > just separates you from reality in a very direct way."
> >
> > Quote from Dinner With Andre
> >
> > Perhaps that is the beauty of the vanagon. When it's cold outside we
> > feel
> > it. When it's hot on the road we feel it. We are in touch with
> > reality in a very real way.
> > Who needs heat?
> > Who needs a working fridge?
> > Who needs air conditioning?
> > Let us embrace the vanagon reality.
> > While at a VW campout last weekend a couple gave me the tour of
> > their new
> > motorhome. It had 3 huge TV's in it! They hardly spent anytime
> > outside of their RV.
> > No thanks.
> >
> > Bernie
> > Vancouver BC
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David McNeely
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