Heh. My SVX powered Syncro westy takes those hills going up at speed
and accelerating. :) if you go fast enough, you don't feel the
washboard and the dust is only on the rear....

On Aug 17, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Ed Lloyd wrote:

> Glad to hear Tom and his wife had a good trouble free trip.
> Interesting report.
>
> I was just on a Vanagon trip to Spruce Knob in WV, was covered with
> dust and dirt from 20 miles of gravel road, and was filling up at a
> gas station there when I spotted a red 87 Vanagon also covered with
> WV dirt.  It had been doing the Dolly Sods area.
>
> He and his wife were from Norther Va, and I was from Rockville Md.
> After talking a bit he asked if I knew of this couple in Takoma
> Park who had Vanagon get togethers.
>
> Small world.  Turns out we had both been to your Holiday parties,
> although we had been at different times, and had not recognized
> each other.
>
> Both vans were running fine in the mountains.  10% grades in some
> places slowed me to 45 MPH uphill with pedal to the floor, but no
> sign of overheating.
>
> Ed in Rockville, Md