Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:42:21 -0700
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From: vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject: trip report, 12 vans plus 10 more
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On Fri my wife Anne and I arrived at Red Rock Canyon State Park, meeting
up with a bunch of Vanagons from all around California. There are
several parks in the US with similar names to this one north of Los
Angeles on the edge of the Mohave Desert. It has interesting rock
formations and some trails through them and the scraggly surrounding
desert. Some of us were in Syncros and some used them to explore more
remote locations before returning to base camp. The campout was
organized by Salim Miro of Country Homes Campers and most of us knew
each other from other VW events we had been to. We occupied several
adjacent campsites and as more vans arrived they filled in among us to
share site space wherever they were comfortable. Late in the day a
pickup loaded with gear came by and stopped at an empty site near to me.
The solo woman inside walked over asked if we minded another group of
VWs camping next to us and of course we welcomed the idea. A few minutes
later a parade of nicely fixed up VW vans could be seen in the distance
below as they worked their way up to the base of the cliffs where we
were camped. It was a caravan from Vintage Surfari Wagons, on the last
night of a week-long trip in the Sierra Mtns of California. They operate
a small fleet of various years of VW vans, available for rent and
sometimes used in group tours. The two VW groups had their own main
camps but we mixed freely and this made for a more interesting time.
What are the odds of that many vans accidentally ending up in the same
place at the same time?
Mark Drillock
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