

| Subject: | Re: Vanspotting in Van City (as they call it) and on Vancouver Island |
| From: | Donald Baxter |
| Date: | Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:05:15 -0500 |
I'm often accused when making trips to the west coast whether its Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco of examining the Vanagon population instead of being a tourist. Probably the only gay man visiting San Francisco who actually notices Vanagons more than I notice the men. DB On 10/17/05, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Well, I found out where all the Westies live. > > Minutes after leaving the Vancouver B.C. airport in a > rental car my head began swiveling and did not stop > all week. White Westy with a bra downtown on the way > to the Horseshoe Bay ferry was the first. Beautiful > blue Syncro hardtop with bull bars on the ferry, and > simply dozens and dozens of others all over the place. > I quit counting but never stopped looking. > Interestingly, among this staggering number of > Vanagons I never saw the telltale oil pan of a Subaru > conversion. And I only saw one for sale; a green '82 > diesel Westy (needs trans, and *only* $4200, if you > can believe it--call 204-952-2030) near the Victoria > inner harbor. -- > --------------------------------------------- > Donald Baxter > 316 Ridgeview Avenue > University Heights, Iowa 52246 > www.onanov.com <http://www.onanov.com> > > WSUI/KSUI > Public Radio Services of the University of Iowa > http://www.broadcasting.uiowa.edu/ > Webmaster / Graphic Designer > > Why is academia so cut-throat? Because the stakes are so low. > --Nichols and May
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