"...curtailed some / most / pretty much all  of their travels and camping this summer because of gas prices or "other", like job insecurity, or work overtime, can't get van fixed, etc etc . . ."

Have not done much camping yet this year, but that is because of conflicts (mostly other projects) and not because of the reasons you list.  Also, the awful Virginia summers make for unpleasant camping conditions until the weather improves in September.

Stephen

--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Anna Quinn-Smith <annasan1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> From: Anna Quinn-Smith <annasan1@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: SPAM for the Lord, or something like that!
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 11:42 PM
> WOW -   Today I also received about 4 or 5
> duplicate-addressed SPAM mail with subject line re:
> something about Jesus or the Lord or such. I didn't open
> them, never do - -  just threw them to the SPAM reporting
> demons . . . .  interesting that this list has also been
> deluged with same. At first I thought it was due to a friend
> who often sends out stupid jokes with long distribution
> lists and previous headers along to me - - I don't open
> them anymore, either.
>
>        Secondly, I am curioius about this : . .  just an
> informal survey to hear if vanagon folks (volks) have
> curtailed some / most / pretty much all  of their travels
> and camping this summer because of gas prices or
> "other", like job insecurity, or work overtime,
> can't get van fixed, etc etc . . .
> take care all -
>
> - Anna
>  '86 Blue Mongrel
> Ptld OR