Me too! We're gone somewhere every weekend for six months of the year ---
then there's the annual vacation and usually a winter trip to
Florida.........we love our Westy!

Cheers,
Doug

On 4/27/06, Chris <superluckyninja@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Most of us? Wow am I in the minority out there. I just about live in mine.
> I have a 90 westy and every other weekend i'm off somewhere to just drive
> and explore. i sleep in so many rest stops, parking lots and side roads of
> my suburban jungle. and I try to get as far from it as possible and as far
> off road as i can. I LOVE my VW and I have an odd bond to that thing. maybe
> I am weird, but I just find it to be the best possible thing that i could
> own. I takes me everywhere, i can sleep in it, i can cook, i can take large
> groups of people places, i can carry truck sized loads of stuff and when I
> hold that peddle down on the open road and hit 75mph I feel like I'm driving
> a ferarri down the autobahn. Me and my Mothership are inseperable. =]
>
> chris
> 90 westy 'mothership'
>
> Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: Let's face it, most of us
> buy Vanagon Westies with the strange idea that we
> are going to use it all of the time.  Instead it either sits in the garage
> for most of the year, or we drive it back and forth to work but don't use
> the camping equipment.  Then there is that one to two week vacation we get
> a
> year.  Or the weekend away from the kids. And we have to get the camper
> ready, clean up the van, double check the camping equipment, etc.  Instead
> of al that hassle, why not just rent a westy for your trip and let someone
> else pay the upkeep, insurance, etc.  My brother-in-law owns
> www.northeastcampers.com.  They have five nice Westies that I personally
> maintain.  The rental prices are reasonable when you compare it to all of
> the things I mention above. They are located right down the street from me
> in Southern New Jersey.  You could drive up or fly into Philly and then
> catch the bus down to Millville.  Then start your vacation without
> worrying
> about "will the van make it?" and all of the pre-trip stress of getting
> ready.  You get here and the vans are ready to go and all you have to do
> is
> get in and drive.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
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