Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:02:53 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Funny travel experience
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Hey,
must be the the fridge is extra good in the 85 model. Several years ago a new 85 owner asked me to show him how to light the refrigerator. I was in a packed bus event. Several campers heard the request. I turned on his propane set the dials and pumped clicked and held the primer.
I don’t know how you folks know if it is lit. I go outside and listen at the vent.
I did 30 or so pumps and check the vent. It was lit.
Then to my surprise, I got a standing ovation.
Eric Caron
> On Jun 16, 2023, at 11:03 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote:
>
> I am getting my van ready for Fathers Day camping weekend on Lake Winnipeg. Tried the gas fridge, lights up on the first try. I’m not a golfer but i imagine a hole in one feels similar.
>
> Jeff in Winnipeg
> 85 Westfalia
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 16, 2023, at 8:16 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So they "camp" but don't use the stove? The refrigerator I can
>> understand. No matter how good a shape the vehicle is in, the refrigerator
>> may not work, or work sufficiently well to trust it. I ditched mine, and
>> now just use a Yeti box with block ice. It is more reliable. The
>> additional storage space after having removed the refrigerator is handy,
>> too.
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:02 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I need to do a trip report but before that I wanted to send this post.
>>>
>>> At the middle of a long trip we stopped in the Thousand Island area. We
>>> passed what turned out to be a beautiful 87 Westfalia already camped.
>>>
>>> We wint over and met a lovely retired couple on the young retired
>>> side. What was so interesting is that they loved the van and kept it super
>>> clean, but had no interest in the mechanics. They had purchased it about 7
>>> or more years ago. It was in amazing condition. And they just drive it.
>>> It seems like they have had few mechanical issues. It amazed me that they
>>> were likely at the end of a decade with this van and really barely knew how
>>> to use the features. And, it really was beautiful.
>>> The van was loved by the previous owner who died in a motor cycle
>>> accident. The widow sold it but only after making them promise to garage
>>> it and to only use the best gas. The van had a 2.5 GW motor and a Haynes
>>> hitch on the back. GW 16 wheels and an awning that looked like a 10 foot
>>> Fiaama but was some brand I never heard of. It was from PA.
>>> They have never opened the awning. Not used the refrigerator.
>>> Likely not the stove much either as they don’t know how to get the propane
>>> filled. I sure wish I could help them out but really they were not that
>>> interested. They just used it for summer adventures and then put it away.
>>>
>>> Amazing that it could be so trouble free for them. And with the GW 2.5
>>> they move.
>>>
>>> I’m sending him the subscription info for this list. I’m sure he
>>> will need us eventually!
>>>
>>> Eric Caron
>>>
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