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• Re: Help needed - camping TOMORROW (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 22:37:10 -0400
  ...Spells BEWARE to me... >After scratching my head, tearing up and saying, "Our FIRST EVER camping >trip will be with no stove, no water...
• Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:59:34 -0400
  ...did I mention mud? > > How do you folks feel about camping in the rain? Any tips for keeping > the > inside of the van dry...
• Re: Chain saw
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 12 Jul 2019 22:01:10 -0300
  ...Just if you are allowed to > cut up some dry wood on one of your expeditions for camp fire. > > Just curious, > > Steven > 91 Westy
• Re: Interior Camping Heater
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 07:57:34
  ...He drapes towels over it to dry them. There are no exposed elements, no risk if it falls over. I had not seen one...
• Re: urban camping in sf
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:40:01 -0400
  ...shop and picked up some 2" high-density foam for mine. Dry-cleaned the covers. Wasn't too expensive and it's very comfortable...
• One Week until SdME 2004
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 2 May 2004 23:56:11 -0400
  ...Since we'll be camping on private property, no permits are required. We'll be driving on forest fire and jeep trails (and a...
• Re: Share your solar success story?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:15:41 -0700
  ...Dry camping I tend to use 100 amp hrs per day. Larry Chase www.roadhaus.com www.roadhaus.com/shops.html www.roadhaus.com...
• Living in a van
  Historical mailing list - Rob Gunter
  Thu, 23 May 2002 09:52:44 -0400
  ...Paying for camping: Don't do that!! When transiting stay at Safeway and Wal-Mart National Park. Master the art of Guerilla camping (free...
• Re: bursh-on canvas waterproofer?
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:27:02 -0700
  ...Usually its found at some camping store. Try the internet, I guess. Good luck with it. Z ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Duntz To: The...
• Re: First camping trip of the season
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 23 May 2014 06:31:57 -0600
  ...up to Gray Butte, close to Smith Rock, near Terrebonne, Oregon. > Dry camping, not really a camp site but a wide spot with a...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:13:07 -0600
  > so, you don't worry about damage to the tank, tubing, and faucet when >> camping in winter? Someone can do the math, but it...
• Re: REVIEW: Microfiber Camp Towels
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:49:50 -0500
  ...However, I felt like > I > >> was trying to dry with a piece of plastic, and gave up using them. > Despite > >> Abel's glowing review...
• Re: What do you cook when camping?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:48:03 -0400
  ...For extended stays I have soups (dry and canned), hot chocolate (mandatory for any camping, but especially nice in the winter).
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:34:36 -0700
  ...We love the added dry space it offers. We use it > for a showering/dressing area as we store our clothes in the rear...
• Re: Vanagon Alchemy - Square headlight alignment screws & springs neede
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:52:30 EDT
  ...Hair dryer or hear gun works - "sometimes" >>>>>I found no way to remove the old adjusters without destroying them <<<<<<< Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario...
• Re: Westy Canvas waterproof?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 07:52:23 -0100
  ...Probably not the best thing for canvas longevity, but if you can't use your Westy as shelter when camping in the rain then...
• Re: How to simply clean out the water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 4 Jul 2013 11:06:26 -0400
  We have stored the bus with tank dry, then just before a camping trip, fill with fresh water from clean garden hose specifically used...
• Re: [NVC] long skinny nylon stuff sacks?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:27:43 -0400
  They're WAY wider than what you're talking about, but I have two SealLine Dry Bags for storage in my AdventureWesty. One to...
• Keeping it cool, simple
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 14:21:23 -0500
  ...Family going camping in East Texas over July 4th in '73 Campmobile wants to keep from melting during sleeptime at night. Lots of pressure...
• Re: White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:40:38 -0500
  ...You can use a heat gun or hair dryer to dry the area before applying the Kroil. Oh, and spring for an AGM or...
• Re: What do you cook when camping?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:43:39 -0700
  ...would call it). > > For extended stays I have soups (dry and canned), hot chocolate > (mandatory for any camping, but especially nice in the winter). >
• Re: Friday: Learn From My Lessons
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:06:40 -0400
  ...i too am very OCD about my camping supplies - i've even built a small storage building to keep everything together. and i still...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 17 May 2011 18:06:13 -0700
  ...Squirrel... ;) On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > THE SPIDERS! > > OMG I totally didn...
• Re: A gadget to do your wash on the road
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:58:45 -0800
  ...I use the soapy water in the first bucket, spin the clothes in my handy dandy spin dryer, and fill the next bucket while...
• Westy water tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:06:03 -0700
  ...dry. I was planning to get antifreeze for it but the darn RV supply shop was closed every time I drove by. Went camping...
• Re: Rear Table Mod
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:47:48 -0500
  ...Bolted the base and top supports back into place with the dowel reaching almost to the curve of the metal table bracket. > Went camping...
• Re: What's in YOUR Git Box/Bug-out Bag
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:44:23 -0500
  ...My Westy (normally) keeps a few dry goods stored so that I'm ready for emergency camping. Unfortunately some mouse (or is that louse...
• Nifty New Camp Gear - Report
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:48:42 -0800
  ...Microfleece liners make good tropical weight bags & dry quickly on jury rigged camping clothes lines. Campmor's prices beat REI & other online camping cataglogs...
• First camping trip of the season
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 23 May 2014 05:08:31 -0700
  ...Dry camping, not really a camp site but a wide spot with a spectacular view on a rarely-traveled dirt road. Nary a soul...
• Re: Winterize Westy?/Antifreeze in the plastic pores?
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:20:05 -0700
  ...in > winter(when I'm not winter camping!) and run the faucet till it's dry. Never > had a breakage yet! You could,if...
• Re: Chain saw
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:43:10 -0400
  ...Just if you are allowed to >> cut up some dry wood on one of your expeditions for camp fire. >> >> Just curious, >> >> Steven >> 91 Westy >>
• Mystery Mouse
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:07:54 -0700
  So I'm here on the 5th day of my annual camping trip. One site, a dry camp (no facilities, but also no fee...
• Re: subject Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:58:13 -0800
  ...Mike in Marin On 3/8/10 7:53 PM, "Richard Koerner" <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > Dry ice would be too expensive; going to...
• Re: bunk types
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 08:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Bart Wineland wrote: > I recently saw some discussion about drying out your pop top canvas > after camping in the...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:24:42 -0500
  ...myself in TX or any southern humid state in summer time... camping or not. Just for the record, Texas is not a "southern humid...
• Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:19:10 -0400
  ...you guys are way worse than me about tec stuff!!! men, do you enjoy camping once in a wile?????????????????? Dennis, you know a lot...
• Re: Living in a van
  Historical mailing list - lvb
  Thu, 23 May 2002 10:07:34 -0400
  ...Master the art of Guerilla camping (free camping on > the sly). National Forests are good too. > > Saving money: Stop moving > > Email: Libraries are free...
• Re: Buses by the Beach... getting cold feet Shot Down
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:16:03 -0800
  ...Vanagon Camping is much better and dryer than tent camping. > > Ok, one last argument, I don't think eating chili all evening, and then...
• Re: Head lightt adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:15:11 EST
  ...Did you try a heat gun or hair dryer ? Works for me every, well almost, time. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy...
• Re: water repellant for canvas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:22:01 +0100
  ...Up here in the PNW, it's so common to get the canvas wet camping, and then not get a dry day to pop...
• Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:16:00 -0700
  ...do you folks feel about camping in the rain? Any tips for keeping the > inside of the van dry and clean? Personally I don...
• Camping in Maine..and RE:Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 18:11:01 -0400
  ...While camping in our '78 Transporter along West Virginia's Dry Fork River we were approached by a group of monster-truck driving-gun...
• Re: Poptop rainfly
  Historical mailing list - Dave Creasy
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:40:56 -0500
  ...Even without rain, there is > significant moisture buildup >> just from sleeping, so drying the canvas after camping is always a good > idea... >> >> On 2...
• Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:48:56 -0700
  ...It would be more effective in hot dry climates than in hot humid climates. Neither conditions can be found this summer up here on...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 17 May 2011 15:59:34 -0700
  ...When not in > use, I > leave the cap off the bottom to promote air circulation and > drying. I > suppose a mouse with exceptional leaping...
• Re: por 15
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 26 May 2007 12:53:39 -0400
  ...Clean with >> the >> Marine Clean, rinse with water and dry. Etch with the Metal Ready, 15 ~ >> 30 >> minutes, rinse with water and dry. Apply...
• Re: Happy New Year
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Jan 2014 09:39:38 -0800
  ...notif_t=plan_mall_activity > > >A few of us will be dry camping in the vicinity tonight courtesy of Jamie >Auch and Heath White...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 14:14:05 +0200
  ...urgently tell me the size of the Vanagon 86+ A/C >> dryer O-rings? >> >> I think OE number is 803 260 749. > Cheers, > > Frank...
• End of season stats...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:58:13 +0000
  ...Well, we just finished our last camping trip for 1995, and thought I would share some stats with you. Our camping season is from...
• Re: rainfly
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:19:39 -0800
  ...It's also not a problem to close the poptop with wet canvas as long as you open it up to dry as soon...
• Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:16:08 -0700
  ...camping.elliott@gmail.com>> > > > > How do you folks feel about camping in the rain? Any tips for > keeping the > inside of the van dry...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:50:08 -0700
  ...I've just emptied my tank, then run the pump dry with good results for the past few years in the Northwest. Do that...
• Subject: Re: Cold-weather camping/propane heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:17:24 -0700
  ...Cold-weather camping/propane heater > They always were weak in heat and produced a ton of moisture. The Black Cat produces more heat and...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 23:54:49 +0000
  ...if most of your torso fits in it ; dry is warm. it'll slide through the slush much easier than a weather appropriate, clothed...
• Re: rainfly
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:01:40 -0800
  ...In November when I was camping in a gale-force storm in the mountains around here, the weather side of my poptop had visible...
• Re: Care and feeding of the tank..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:57:08 -0700
  ...your camping trip and leave the top cover, drain cap and filler cap open for a few days to let it dry out. I...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:27:11 -0600
  ...m > > > > ________________________________ > > Dry ice would be too expensive; going to a nearby Ice Cream joint defeats > my purpose; I want to have ice cream out...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:12:17 EDT
  ...A = wider tire will generally provide better dry-weather traction (all things = being equal), but on the flip side it is more prone to...
• Re: Fridge fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:05:39 EST
  ...Is = there a way to test the thermoswitch to see if its working properly? Use a hair dryer or heat gun to blow heat...
• Basic question - poptop seals
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:24:18 -0700
  ...seal before our first camping trip. The seal is falling off in many places and it is all dry and crumbly where it meets...