Vanagon people are awesome - and they sound like they are on one wild trip! Are they on the vanagon list themselves? Mark (D), thanks for posting their blog link - now I have more incentive to continue working on my Spanish, so I can read it more easily!
Joy
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@gmail.com>wrote: > Glad to be able to help, our door is always open and we will assist in any > way necessary from travel advice to a place to stay, to repairs, or ????. > > Mark > > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:54 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > > Many thanks Mark, for helping the travelers keep their van going. It is a > > great thing that so many here are willing to lend a hand and/or a place > to > > stay. I look forward to their next blog entry, with more of their Alaska > > time. > > > > http://poramericaandando.**blogspot.com/< > http://poramericaandando.blogspot.com/> > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > Mark Tuovinen wrote: > > > >> They arrived Wednesday afternoon and by dinner time the new pump was in > >> place and and just needed the alternator, belt, etc, installed. Joaquin > >> broke a bolt installing the alternator but a quick trip Thursday to > >> Fasteners and Fire Equipment and we had a suitable replacement for a > >> whopping 98 cents. They stayed with us Wednesday night and joined back > up > >> with others they met on the road Thursday afternoon. They are with the > >> other travelers they met along the way whom are also from South America > >> now > >> and are deciding whether or not to make a stop in McCarthy on their way > >> out > >> of the state. If they decide to go to McCarthy I may throw some gear in > >> our van and drive out with them as it is our favorite destination for > >> Labor > >> Day weekend. > >> > >> Should any List members run across them as they make their way to the > East > >> coast and back toward Mexico they are great people and would welcome > >> meeting other Vanagon owners and maybe a driveway to camp in. Here in > >> Alaska and much of the West free camping is readily available but as I > >> understand it the farther East you go the harder it is to find a place > >> that > >> you camp. I believe they are headed for Chicago from here via Jasper > and > >> Banff before dropping down into the US and aiming for Chicago. From > there > >> they spoke of heading for the East coast and making Florida by sometime > in > >> December. > >> > >> If anyone has suggestions for them re places to camp along the way or > can > >> offer a safe haven if they have problems let me know and I will forward > >> the > >> information to them. > >> > >> Mark in AK > >> > >> > |
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