I'm in the process of documenting a recent Vanagon trip in blog
form.  Take a look here:  http://gismemories.blogspot.com/  If you
don't want to browse through all the posts, I think there is a way to
see just the ones I tagged with "Vanagon."  I just finished a lengthy
entry on an off-road excursion in the Vanagon, and more exciting
Vanagon content will be coming in the next week or so.

Edward