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Date:         Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:07:52 -0400
Reply-To:     John Dillon <johndillon@JOHNDILLON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Dillon <johndillon@JOHNDILLON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Camping at a music festival
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <55873A9F.8000901@gmail.com>
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I've kinda lost interest in the vw events - in favour of music festivals- like cost is really not much more and there is so much to do.

I picked up a zodi last year and it's been perfect -PERFECT!!! Those solar and sun shower things work but the zodi is the bomb.

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> On Jun 21, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Hey all, I just got back from camping at the 4 Peaks Music festival in > Central Oregon where I had a chance to help the local community radio > station set up a live audio stream of the event. Had a great time! > > Tech had to get there a couple days before the festival went live, so > there I was in a sweet spot in the meadow, with cars and trucks arrived > to pitch tents and plant trailers. > > Now, this was my first music festival, but I gotta say, that the way I > rig my Westy made it fit right in as something a festival veteran would > do (this, according to many many comments) -- the solar setup brought > many questions and gave me "green" & "tech" cred. > > There were probably three dozen Vanagons, at least two dozen were > Westys. Also a smattering of Eurovans (boo) and maybe five bay windows > cherried out for display camping. And one splittie. > > So many people came up to me and talked about how they used to own a > Westfalia and -- here's the deal: all their memories were fond, and to a > person they all regretted that they sold theirs. > > And stories about this one time we went camping with our kids and found > this great lake, or the van broke down outside Salt Lake City and some > guy who stopped helped them with a place to stay while they got the van > fixed. > > These really are wonderful vehicles. And, as I have learned, well-suited > for music festival camping. > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore.


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