RE: Sighting Vanagon and Buses
Try North end of Seattle.  You can't drive a block without seeing at least
one Bus or Vanagon, mostly camper versions of one sort or another.  The only
place I've ever seen such a density is in Santa Cruz.  In Seattle the VW
dealer in Ballard sold more Westfalia campers than any other VW dealer in
North America.  That accounts for the high density in the area.  Now, was
that good marketing on the VW dealers part, or were they just lucky and
happened to be in the best market for the Westy?  Chicken and egg
problem....
BTW, I don't recommend that dealer for service.  That's Carter VW in
Ballard.  If you want to go to a dealer shop drive a few miles north to
Campbell Nelson.