During about 400 miles round trip yesterday in NW Oregon, I saw 6 vanagons
being used and a few parked.  Went to a cycle event.  West along I-84 I saw
three westies, in seperate encounters, two with sailboards and bikes on top.
Then south along I-5 towards Corvallis, I ran alongside an extra nice silver
fancy van.  Then west again on Hwy 30 I saw another headed to the Oregon
coast.
 At the bike race there were three of us, two GLs and me and I had lots of
admiring comments from other bikers...Many were coveting the room and
accommodations in my "team bus" as I pulled cold Gatorade from my fridge,
changed clothes on my clean carpets, listened to Lyle Lovett on my stereo
while lounging on my "couch"..
  Leaving home at 5am with a deserted interstate and plenty of time in hand
to get to Corvallis, I drove at 60mph and got an amazing 29.1 mpg!  My
all-time best ever mileage.
  Don Hanson