

| Subject: | Re: Vanagons seen today (Sat) |
| From: | Joseph Fortino |
| Date: | Sat, 1 Sep 2007 20:13:28 -0700 |
Right when i rolled in oregon this guy passed me on the right in a brown westy giving me the peace sign,, hehe nice.. i was like bro, i made it.. ;-) my lil girls would fight on who got the front seat.. LOL some people think its a POS but hey its paid for... ohh and he had a sticker that said "dont be a dick" Joe -----Original Message----- >From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> >Sent: Sep 1, 2007 7:02 PM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Vanagons seen today (Sat) > >10! >Did a little town driving today and saw nine Vanagons (includes mine) >and one Bay windowed westy, it was a nice day. > >We started off driving into Olympia,WA on 101 from Shelton (around a >20 mile trip). We were south bound and a white Vanagon (1) was headed >north, he didn't wave. >We continued until 101 ends at I-5 and then we went north a few miles >on the interstate, got off at Pacific and stopped so my 15 yo >daughter could 'shop' at Ross. No Vanagons :-( > From there we went up the road maybe 1/4 mile to Home Depot and saw >a blue Vanagon (2) in the HD parking lot. I didn't park next to it as >I don't do that any more... (I'm not spare parts & don't want to >tempt anyone again). I left HD and stopped at the Cash & Carry for a >gallon of ranch dressing, as I left that parking lot I saw the HD VW >(2) making a left onto Pacific, I honked the horn but I guess he >didn't hear. I turned right on Pacific and went down to Harbor >Freight ( a breaker bar for the lug nuts on my son's car, I already >have one in my Vanagon). On the way out of the HF parking lot I saw a >bicycle shop & stopped to get a tire for my bike, $16 for a cheap >imported tire.... You cannot buy a bike tire in Shelton anymore. From >there it was back to I-5 heading south to the downtown Olympia exit >(a mile of so) and head for State street, take a left and follow it >along until we get to Capital Mall, my daughter wanted to go to some >'specific' stores at the mall. While in Olympia on State street >before we crossed the bridge we saw another Vanagon (3), It was brown >and had round headlights. I did not wave or honk this time, there was >something going on at the Olympia waterfront and it was really >crowded, I was driving. >As we got out of that part of Olympia and headed up State street >there was a red Vanagon (4) parked in front of a business (State St >had changed to Harrison by that time) on a side street. My daughter >saw it and spoke, I saw it in the rear view mirror. A nice looking red too. >No Vanagons noted at the part of the Capital Mall parking lot I saw. >After we left the mall I continued on Harrison, it changes again to >Mud Bay. Down by where Mud Bay runs into 101 there is a bakery (I >can't remember the name, good food and coffee). There are always >Vanagons parked there, they work or own the place of something, I >never asked. Anyway there were 4 parked there today... I had to think >about counting them or not and figured what the heck? (5),(6),(7),(8). >On the way back to Shelton we saw the bay westy heading south (9). >When we got home I saw #10 sitting in my driveway <g>. > > > >Rob >becida@comcast.net > >With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington. >I have a converted Subaru 2.2 harness, intake, AFM & the sensors for sale.
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