Hi Greg

You are wise to consider terrain and elevation on your trip planning. 

I  was on the 81 Virginia/NC route last week and made the note to avoid it with my westy.

[ 1.5 hours uphill in 2nd gear....does not sound tempting. ] A fellow listee

let me know that 95 is flatter but has alot of traffic. [ far out of your way however..]

What are your thoughts your former route on 79 / 77?  Does anyone have a preferred 

route for the east coast?  I will be headed to Florida Keys  next Christmas in the Westy

[woo! woo! ] and would be interested in additional input on Eastern seaboard travelling.

Tom 
Rochester, NY

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> From:         Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of Greg Potts
> Reply To:     Greg Potts
> Sent:         Tuesday, April 5, 2005 7:51 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Buffalo to EveryBus vis US219
> 
> Hi Volks,
> 
> I'm looking at the map and considering US219 as an alternate to
> I-90/I-79/I-77 down to Round Hill VA on the way to Everybus. There are
> possibly 6 Aircooled VW buses taking this route.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/4jdnk
> 
> I would love to know about road conditions...
> 
> Is the highway pot-holed to within an inch of its life, or fresh and
> smooth, or somewhere in between.
> Does this go around the Allegheny mountains or straight up them? Then a
> stop sign at the bottom!
> Do all the gas stations close at 5PM? Do they charge foreigners
> $5/gallon? Do they have nice clean washrooms? (as if!)
> Do the white-tail all like to play chicken with hippy buses?
> Is there a "dug-up section with a detour from hell" that MapQuest isn't
> telling me about?
> 
> I don't mind 55MPH, (My bus LOVES it) but if the route is more
> strenuous to the point where it's risking the bus then I'll certainly
> reconsider.
> 
> All opinions gratefully accepted. Recent firsthand experience is
> particular desired.
> 
> 
> Happy trails,
> 
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> 
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
> 1988 Vanagon GL 8-passenger Automatic
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
> 
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