Sad but true -- we don't leave home without them..............

Cheers,
Doug

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> 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!
>>
>

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