Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:52:02 -0500
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From: David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Vanagons and kids (was cross country trip)
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I had a "59 Westy that bit the dust before kids. Got a couple of sedans after that :o(. Took the kids camping, in a tent. up until they were 3 and 4 years old. We found that by the time we unloaded the car, assembled the tent and screen house they were either rolling in the poison ivy or trying to drown themselves in the local stream. We went right out and bought a Westy. Lots quicker to set up. The kids grew up in Westies, loved it, and would have it no other way. Now they are approaching 30 and still love it when we go find a camping spot midweek and have them come up for a weekend. Of course, now, they have to bring their own tent (and boyfriends) and bemoan the luxury of the sleeping in the bus. The Westy still carries the vast majority of the gear, and often their tent(s) also. BTW, not the same Westy.
Dave B.
On 03/22/16, Marc Perdue wrote:
Not only traveling in it. My friend's son goes out and plays in their
Westy practically all day, crawling in one door and out another. It's
like a big jungle gym to him!
My kids always loved traveling in the van too, though I think
traveling long distances would be much more pleasurable if I could get
all the camping gear out of the floor (Dennis: "You've outgrown your
van"). I prefer to think we've expanded its horizons. ;) Anyway, my
son, who's 3-and-a-half now, has only camped in our van once, last
Spring, for a couple of days. Most of the rest of his young life, my
van has been in some shop or another getting restoration work done.
Well, for the past couple of months, he's been telling everybody who
will listen about how he's going camping in his van in May at this
music festival. All I can say is it damn well better be ready for
camping when the time comes or I'm going to sic my boy on 'em.
Marc Perdue
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> Doug,
>
> I did Calgary to New Brunswick solo with a 3-yr old and a van I didn’t yet know - we flew out to Calgary to pick-it up and to “hunt dinosaurs”. Neither the boy or the ’88 Westy melted down on the return trip - though Northern Ontario had both of them at their limits (maybe the boy moreso than the van).
>
> As long as no-one is in a hurry and there are plenty of play spots, kids love travelling in the van.
>
>
>> On 22-Mar-2016, at 09:45, Doug <digthemlows@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> We're doing Sacramento ca to Boston in June/July so I'm watching this
>> thread! My wife and I and a 5 year old and 3 year old.....
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