Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 23:23:40 -0230
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: help needed in Anchorage, AK
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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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