Well, I am back from my little spring break excursion to Florida, and all I can say is WOW. If you have never been to the panhandle of Florida, GO! Forget Orlando, Miami, Cocoa Beach, the keys... The panhandle has THE best beaches I have ever seen. White sand dunes, beautiful blue-green water, and best of all there was hardly anyone there. I camped in a Nat'l forest (14$/night) and had free access to a 4 mile strip of clean white-sand beaches. There were probably a maximum of 100 people on the beaches on the busiest day of spring break. The 1400 mi. trip went without a hitch. No oil needed, no coolant added, only 2psi low in the tires at the end with an average speed of 75-80mph the whole way. Average fuel consumption ~20mpg with a full load of camping equipment. The only thing I could've wished for were the new shocks I have ordered. Van Sightings Westfalias - 1 H2O cooled 1 Aircooled 4 type-II's Vans 2 H2O cooled 2 type II's Not including the 10 Type II's I saw at a body shop outside Ft. Walton Beach. The only down-side was finding out that my fridge no longer works on Aux. power. Oh well, $0.75/day of ice in the cooler was cheaper than the 2$/day elec. hookup fee. Oh, and the campground was St. Andrews State rec. area. They have 170ish wooded campsites, all are nice, mine was all of 5 feet from the water. "Voted best beaches in America, 1995" -->Wishing I was still there.... === Mark 87 Westfalia Gl 84 Scirocco 8v http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com |
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