Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 02:13:11 +0000
Reply-To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Awnings
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Outstanding Bruce!!! Watching it brought me back to my carefree college days, at UCSB.
(BTW...one of the reasons I sent this "awning" thing, was to try to understand why some emails go immediately to SPAM. And others don't. I don't have a solution, it's complicated. But sure, I'm gungho about any and all methods of camping. I have no issues with Class A Motorhomes, or backpackers, or in-between.)
But for sure....I'm looking forward to becoming grumpy....with no excuses needed!! Ha-ha!!
On Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 05:56:18 PM PDT, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
I appreciate minimalist camping but I am looking forward to using the
second hand ARB awning I picked up a few months back - just another blade
on the Swiss Army knife of vehicles.
This post made me think of Grumpy Old Men - "Back in the day we didn't need
no fancy protective awnings. Instead we had potato sacks which we tied
together with our shoelaces from our hand-me down shoes. When the sun went
down we would spend three hours taking all the knots apart so we could put
our shoes back on. We didn't need awnings - and we liked it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7S2H-g60c
In jest!
Bruce
On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 5:24 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Ha-ha, good one Dave! Heck, I'm going to start collecting Social
> Security next month!! And there is nobody as cheap as me!
>
> On Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 05:20:19 PM PDT, David McNeely <
> davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I built my own awning like you did. I works very well in light showers,
> and for shade. I like it. In the right camping spot, I tie it off to
> trees rather than use the poles. Trees make great shade, however, the best.
> But I would never spend hundreds of dollars for a fancy factory built one.
> I'm just too cheap, I guess. old man mcneely
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 4:52 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> Awnings on a Vanagon have always baffled me. I think it has to do much to
> do where you live and where you camp. Sure, on Facebook and advertisements
> I've seen them all! What are they for?....sun or rain? I live in San
> Diego and mostly camp in the West; when I want some shade but don't have
> any, I simply move my campchair to the other side of van. The rain we get
> out here is either a deluge or nothing. When a deluge, I sit inside van;
> after the storm passes, I move outside again and enjoy the fresh wonderful
> smells. I've even camped in 48 states in my van....sun or rain issues
> never seemed to be a problem. I tried once building my own awning with
> Harbor Freight tarp and collapsible camping poles; to test, I even went up
> to local mountains during most severe thunderstorm....to my surprise, the
> rain actually hit the pavement in the campground and bounced back up!!!
> Felt silly as I was being drenched. Hey, I'm don't mean any bad intent
> here. Still....am curious about awnings. Seems like a lot of hassle and
> expense.
>
>
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