Alain Pierre,

If you are heading from Boston to Providence, may I suggest you try staying
at the Horseneck Beach Campground in Westport, MA. (about 55 miles south of
Boston, and 1/2 drive to Providence). Its a state campgound located right
on one of the best beaches in the northeast. Their number is 508-636-8816.

We are leaving for Canada on 8/15 and returning on 8/23. If you are in the
area before or after our trip, send me email and I'll give you phone
number, etc. We may be able to offer you a spot w/electricity and water as
well as a waterview (we're about 75 feet from the ocean)....

Ric

At 06:25 PM 7/30/00 -0400, Alain Pierre Hovasse wrote:
>Hi Gang
>
>I've been enjoying the list for a couple of months now and I have  a bit of
>advice to ask. I'm treating  86 Westy along with wife and daughter from
>Toronto, where we live, to a tour of the eastern seaboard for a couple of
>weeks in mid-august. We'll be headed to Boston, then south to New York and
>New Jersey then to Washington DC before heading back northward.
>
>The van runs well, just been tuned, oiled and checked, new tires etc,
>coolant, and all looks ok. I have Listee Stuart MacMillan's "advice for a
>long road trip" letter. But I've had this one and others long enough to know
>that few long distance trips in the van are complete without the odd stop
>along to way to take care of some dire or not so dire mechanical "event".
>I'm not completely cynical, but better to be prepared. Hence I have
>downloaded the various names of garages along the way but I'm asking the
>very kind listees for more recent and well recommended names along the way.
>The way I see it, I need good names in Albany, Springfield and Boston ( I
>have Daryl Denford's earlier listing around Syracuse and Rochester). Then
>from there  Providence, Hartford and close to New York (not intending to go
>directly into NYC) then we're headed further south to Philadelphia, (I have
>Listee Walt Spak's number for Philly) Baltimore and DC. Any assistance with
>names and numbers for this will be greatly appreciated. Of course I'm also
>taking Bus Depots' recent catalogue (are they located anywhere near
>Philadelphia?) I'm currently planning on coming back straight north from DC
>back to Toronto, any prefered routes and garages to recommend?
>
>Other questions: is the I-90 the best way to travel across to Boston? I'm
>not in a huge rush and I heard that this is a toll road and I'm carrying
>canadian change (ouch!) Is there a good alternative? What about the number
>20?
>
>Also I plan to come back pretty well straight north from DC to Toronto: will
>the Appalachian mountains be a challenge for the wasserboxer 2.1 (or any
>other hills along the route?)
>
>Last but not least, I'm too late to get one of the infamous stickers (or am
>I?) would it be possible to get a copy somewhere online and print it on my
>printer so I could paste it on my window? I promise to apply for the real
>thing as soon as I get back: I understand the copyright laws and will
>abstain if told to. Van spotting is a great hobby when we're on the road and
>it would be great to be able to identify other listees this way.
>
>You guys are a great bunch.
>
>Alain Pierre
>Toronto