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Subject:Re: Vanagon Sighting
From:Joel VanderKwaak
Date:Wed, 30 May 2007 11:47:00 -0700

Monday, driving west on Nevada 50 (loneliest highway in America, according
to the signage) I saw 4 or 5 Vanagons. Some folks even waved back ;) I may
have looked a little sketchy though, as I'd come the hard way through from
Tonopah.

Oh yeah, don't drive here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N38+31.840+W116+31.354&ie=UTF8&ll=38.53071,-116.522541&spn=0.091449,0.160675&t=k&z=13&iwloc=addr&om=1

On 5/30/07, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Right - so there you go the difference between almost anywhere in
> California
> and Port Huron, MI
>
> On 5/30/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/30/2007 9:46 AM Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> >
> > > Now I have been saying that there are only 4 Vanagons in my town - the
> > > guy I
> > > speak of above and my three. However, on Monday I passed another - it
> > was a
> > > light blue with an orange (or yellow) stripe. Not stock colors. I
> > actually
> > > wasn't looking and I heard the engine pass, knew the sound and caught
> a
> > > visual in my rear view.
> > >
> >
> > Not counting the five or six that Mark Drillock reportedly has parked in
> > his front yard, I'd estimate that there must be 100 or more in this area
> > (coastal San Diego North County).
> > --
> >
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > KG6RCR
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish brown
> interior taken from the parts bus)
> 86' (We call this one Parts)
> 85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected)
>

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