Nice report Don!

Neil.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>  I just returned this morning from another fun Vanagon outing, from the
> Northwest down to the 'almost' Southwest.  The Vanagon, an '84 semi-Westie
> (has all but the pop-top and the rear cabinets) with a '92 Golf/Rabbit 1.8L
> Digifant II gas motor..5sp tranny from a diesel)
>  I did 2111 miles, from the Columbia River Gorge down to St. George, Utah
> with a side trip over to Zion.  I took three bicycles mounted on a Yakima
> rack that is hung on the rear hatch and my gear for camping, as well as
> spares and extra wheels for four days of bicycle racing around St. George.
> With that load and traveling at ~65mph average my fuel mileage was 23.7 mpg.

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