I like the low-tech version of just mosquito netting, no zipper, no edging,
the same kind I use backpacking, nice and light, inexpensive and can be
squeezed into a ball or pouch.  When I didn't have an awning, I closed the
passenger door on one corner and wrapped the other corner around the upper
sliding door mount.  It was long enough to tuck inside and drag on the floor
o the van to make a nice fairly bug proof screen.  Nice thing is 1) cheap,
2) easy entry and exit, just push through it 3) goes up in a jiffy and 4) it
doesn't take up any space and if it gets ruined, no big deal.

And now that I have an awning, I will hang it over the awning which works
great for the sheet I use in the colder weather to some of the keep the cold
out but still allow easy entry/exit.

Wait, I am starting to sound like trailer trash.  But this solution works
good and where I camp, no one sees me anyway.

Dave in Denver

>From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: sliding door screen
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:26:18 EST
>
>In a message dated 27/11/2006 2:18:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>Help! I  am looking for a Xams gift for my husband and would like to know
>if
>there is a  place to buy sliding door screens.  I would appreciate any help
>in
>  this
>matter. Please send email responses directly to me @  dfancher@whispllc.com
>and not just a reply as that will go to my husbands  email address.
>
>
>
>The very best sliding door screen I've ever seen is  being made by Angele
>Martineau of the Quebec Club.  I saw them at the fall  Rendezvous in St.
>Gabriel
>Brandon, QC.  They are made to work on the track  of the curtain and come
>with
>sliders to be installed.  The screen can be  left in place and pushed to
>the
>rear or taken off the sliders as it snaps to the  new sliders.  This way
>you
>have both the screen and curtain on that track  at the same time and use
>whichever you want or remove and store the  screen.  The other innovation
>she made
>was the closing.  Done with  magnets and a six inch overlap so that you can
>walk in and out without having to  unzip.  Those of you who have used the
>zippered sliding door screen know  what a PITA it is to try to open the
>screen when
>you have both hands  occupied.  The screen is attached to the door frame
>with
>Velcro which  is supplied.  The kits come in many colours as the screen
>material is  surrounded by rip-stop nylon and come in an attractive storage
>pouch
>made of the  same nylon.  The kits are $85 CND and you can reach Creations
>Angele
>in  Thetford Mines, QC. at 418-338-1505, e-mail:
>_martineauangele@globetrotter.net_
>(mailto:martineauangele@globetrotter.net)
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank  Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
>Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
>_Frank Condelli  & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
>_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
>(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
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>camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,  2007

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