We sleep upstairs in the summer and downstairs (with the top down) in the
winter.

The lower berth is definitely softer, but its also a lot narrower.
I'm a bit of a sprawler when I sleep, so its easier for my wife to find her
own space upstairs.

On Jan 7, 2008 1:29 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>
> > Beats me -- Mrs Squirrel and I prefer sleeping downstairs. Tom --
> > do you
> > use the upper bunk?
>
> I relegate non consensual guests to the upper bunk, but I have slept
> up there until I figured out it was not as comfy as downstairs.
>
> Tom
>
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/7/2008 12:35 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> >
> >> Way to go guys!  Nice job with the design Tom and thanks for the Wiki
> >> Rocky.
> >>
> >> Any trouble getting in and out of the upper berth with the shelf
> >> there?
> >> I can't really see how much of the access slot the BZ covers.
> >>
> >> Thanks again, Jake
> >>
> >> On Jan 2, 2008 5:40 PM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Back in August or so Mrs Squirrel and I became frustrated with
> >> having to
> >>     deal with boxes of groceries and stuff which were constantly
> >> underfoot
> >>     when camping in places where the local critters were eying our
> >>     comestibles
> >>     with considerable interest. I wondered whether it might be
> >> possible to
> >>     hang a shelf in the otherwise unused overhead space at the
> >> front of the
> >>     raised poptop and posted a proposal involving chains and
> >> skyhooks and
> >>     stuff, an idea that was doomed to never work.
> >>
> >>     Several folks suggested better ways to go about it, but
> >> nothing seemed
> >>     very easy to me. Then Tom Buese, who was apparently looking
> >> for an
> >>     excuse
> >>     to avoid doing real work, popped up with a design for a shelf
> >> which
> >>     mounts
> >>     easily on the poptop's crossarm with a couple of hardware
> >> store U-bolts,
> >>     holds a surprising amount of stuff when deployed, and folds
> >> flat against
> >>     the roof when the top is down. He put together a prototype and
> >>     emailed a
> >>     dimensioned drawing of his idea to me. I banged a version
> >> together in a
> >>     couple of hours without hardly any significant loss of blood
> >> and mounted
> >>     it up. After a test on a short camping trip, it has become a
> >> permanent
> >>     addition to our Westy. Best thing I've ever done -- besides
> >> marrying Mrs
> >>     Squirrel, I'd say.
> >>
> >>     After the Vanagon Wiki went "live" this year I suggested to
> >> Tom that we
> >>     could post a how-to article about his "BZ Shelf" but it took
> >> him a
> >>     bit of
> >>     time to take the pictures and refine the drawing. But finally,
> >> after
> >>     considerable nagging on my part, I got him to post the stuff
> >> to me so I
> >>     could write the article.
> >>
> >>     If you're like me, able to use a reciprocating saw without
> >> hardly ever
> >>     cutting off a finger, own a Westy, and find yourself sometime
> >>     wishing you
> >>     had a darn place to put pots and pans and coolers and stuff
> >> that seem to
> >>     crowd your floor when camping, do yourself a favor and build a BZ
> >>     Shelf. I
> >>     reckon you'll be glad you did.
> >>
> >>     So here it is, with Tom's permission: photos and plans at
> >>     http://vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Buese_Shelf
> >>     <http://vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Buese_Shelf>
> >>
> >>     --
> >>     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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jake
> >> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >> Crescent Beach, BC
> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/