My wife and I have been vacationing for 20 yrs in Bend and Sisters Oregon.
God's country. I'd move there in a heartbeat.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:36 PM
Subject: Bend, OR -- my goodness, lots of Vanagons!

> Mrs Squirrel and I just got back from Bend, Oregon. We think we're gonna
> move there. We spent quite a time canvassing the Westside district,
> looking for a house (found a few that seem to suit us). We must have
> seen 50 Vanagon Westies, 20 Vanagons, an even dozen baywindows, and
> quite a few baywindow Westies -- all in that one district! Maybe a
> couple splitties, and more than a handful of aircooled bugs. (Almost
> wrote "aircooled butts," which is a whole different story.)
>
> Mellow Yellow will feel right at home there! The large population of
> running Vanagons suggests that there might be a good mechanic or two up
> there that knows these idiosyncratic vehicles.
>
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> 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
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