I certainly would be interested but I think I have to get a passport
finally.

On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> The far east vanagon contingent (well, okay, the far east of North
> America)
> met over coffee in St. John's on Monday, and mulled over the
> possibility of
> a vanagon gathering in July at Gros Morne National Park.  Gros Morne
> is a
> stunning place on the rugged western coast of Newfoundland, a world
> heritage
> site, a place with geological features found nowhere else in the
> world, the
> only fjord in North America, and just a great place to be.  As, of
> course,
> is all of Newfoundland.
>
> So I volunteered to send out a trial balloon, and see if there would
> be
> folks interested in coming if we organized it.
>
>
> Here's the trial balloon floating your way... (courtesy of
> http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ghi/hotair_ballon.txt, they have COOL
> stuff up
> there!)
>
>    _ .--.
>                                ( `    )
>                             .-'      `--,
>                  _..----.. (             )`-.
>                .'_|` _|` _|(  .__,           )
>               /_|  _|  _|  _(        (_,  .-'
>              ;|  _|  _|  _|  '-'__,--'`--'
>              | _|  _|  _|  _| |
>          _   ||  _|  _|  _|  _|
>        _( `--.\_|  _|  _|  _|/
>     .-'       )--,|  _|  _|.`
>    (__, (_      ) )_|  _| /
>   jgs`-.__.\ _,--'\|__|__/
>                    ;____;
>                     \YT/
>                      ||
>                     |""|
>                     '=='
>
>
> Yes, you DO have to take a boat to get here.  But since Gros Morne
> is on the
> west side of the island it's the short boat ride instead of the long
> one.
> Not as pricey, no need to pay for a berth, and the fuel surcharges
> are way
> down these days.  Tim Horton's right near the ferry at both ends.
> In July
> there's NO chance you'll get stuck in the ice in Sydney Harbor, like
> I did
> in February.  No chance of snowstorms on the way up to Gros Morne, or
> Wreckhouse winds to blow you and your van right off the road.  Nice
> long
> days up here in the north.  Easy stealth camping on the way there.
> Moose
> wandering around your van in the night.  Newfies wandering around
> your van
> in the night.  What more could you ask for????
>
> If you think you might be interested, please do let me know!
>
> If you think you might be interested, but it's too long a trip to
> organize
> for this summer, please let me know that!
>
> I'm looking forward to my inbox just overflowing with enthusiasm!
>
>
>
>
> Joy
> and Matilda, who really needs the company of some other vanagons!