> Hmmm....
> Are you SURE you want to do this trip? I have done the mid December
> Sacramento to Baltimore trip... in a 1965 Chevy Ven with a 283 in it...
>
> It gets COLD in the deserts of Utah and Wyoming. And the crosswinds going
> across Nebraska (800 miles of rolling hills and nothing to stop the
drifting
> snow.

Oh pu-lease! Drive from Winnipeg to Snow Lake (700 km North of Winnipeg) in
December, when it's -43 C and there's no gas station for 200 KM. THAT is
what cold means.
>
> Lost an alternator between SLC and Evanston Wyoming. Made it in OK but
what
> if that had happened in the middle of the night between the Nevada border
> and SLC? Nothing out there... nothing.
>
> The whole thing was exciting, when I was 22 and dumb...
>
> but now?
>
> Anyhow, I don't think you'll be needing your canoe.
>
> tim o'brien
>
>  >Howdy Folks,
> >Okay, with the help of the list, all of the engine problems are worked
out
> >on new westy/new engine etc on 82 westy.  Now comes the fun stuff.  We
are
> >planning a month-long cross-country (tucson to sacramento to DC and back)
> >over the christmas holiday.  I would like to get this thing geared up
> >between now and then with all "necessary" accesories. I have checked the
> >archives on some of this, but I wasn't able to answer all my questions,
> >plus I wanted some fresh recommendations.
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