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Subject:Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
From:Jeff Palmer
Date:Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:16:04 -0500

And beer (or Crown Royal ...)

Jeff

On 16-Oct-06, at 11:03 PM, David Etter wrote:

> Don't forget Toques..;-)  A great Canadian Tradition.
>                                David (dsl82westy)
>
> P.S.; And heavy WOOL socks
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>> Hi!
>>
>> The weather up here in New England is cooling off, and thoughts are
>> turning to winter. My wife and I are thinking of trying some winter
>> camping in our Westy. So far I have a set of thermal curtains that I
>> got from Bus Depot a while back, a Mr. Heater buddy heater (with a O2
>> sensor, and also a CO detector in the van), or a Pelonis ceramic
>> heater if we can plug in. We have a couple of zero degree sleeping
>> bags. I figure we can hang a heavy blanket to block off the driving
>> compartment from the back of the van to keep the area to be heated to
>> a minimum, and of course we wouldn't be keeping the poptop up
>> while sleeping.
>>
>> Besides the above, any suggestions of other things that we could do
>> to do some winter camping in the Westy?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>> Ric