Thanks Scott:
        You have a point there and now I am beginning to think that a
trip in a Westy with a trailer for parts would be a better idea.
Previous submissions about the dirth of Vanagon parts in Florida
combined with my experience of travelling in the West  lead me to
believe that your idea of a trip from WARM Oregon to WET and WARM
California would be a more productive undertaking.
        Now! If I can just push a small change (3 additional weeks)
past the S.O., I'll have the mid-winter blahs beat.
Thank you!

                                                David (dsl82westy)
                                                (in Eastern Canada)

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>Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>  wrote
>Yes, but they would be east coast vanagons ( rust )
>The West is where it's at for pick-n-pull junkyards.
>AND ..........in Oregon there's no sales tax either.
>I love the idea of the organized trip, but when you mentioned accommodations
>and other forms of entertainment.....whew, started sounding like a lot of
>work to organize.
>
>Tell you what, original poster from eastern Canada..............you fly out
>here to Medford Oregon and stay in a motel. ( maybe I'll rent you a vanagon
>) I'll tell you where to hit junkyards from Portland Oregon to Redding
>California, and for each vanagon part you get you pay me a commission on
>what you saved.
>
>Then when you're done with that part, I'll send you to the big Island of
>Hawaii, where you can work on a permaculture farm for a while.
>Scott
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Roger Sisler
>Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:35 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: "Pick & Pay Ecotour Vacation"
>
>Just think of all the Vanagons that drove to Florida in winter and blew an
>engine down there.  I'll bet many were just left behind.