I will likely be making a trip to Nfld this summer also...please keep me in
the loop.
Don't forget to check out a lesser traveled portion of Gros Morne; Lomond
River.
See http://picasaweb.google.com/sakow86/KeltyCarport#

Tom

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>