I just realized I never posted a link to the pictures from our x-country
trip last summer.  Pickle did 8000 miles in three weeks.  That's cramped for
timing, but it's what we could fit into our lives right now and it was
great.  Having no mechanical trouble made a big difference.  We went from
jersey out west (furthest was Berkley) and then back to Jersey.  We mostly
sprinted while in the east so that we could maximize our time out west.  The
highlight of the trip was probably hiking the grand canyon, but there were
so many spectacular things---the trip was way more than the sum of its
parts.  If anyone is interested in more specifics about our trip let me
know.

pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mchikina/RoadTrip#
This is just a selection of the photos obviously, and is mostly from places
out west.

-Wes

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, brady <dofunk@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Don't get caught on a dirt road mountain pass at 10k and then try to drive
> down said dirt mountian road in the snow that fell over night in your 2wd
> vanagon.
> It happened to me and it took us 5hrs to go 3 miles back down to a safe
> area.  The road was totally a mud slick slide and it was so bad I had all
> out of the van and I was driving with the door open so if the van started to
> go for it over the edge I could bail!.  Most of the time I had to keep the
> van in revers with tire chains on just to keep it in place and not slide off
> the side of the road. I also had a rope tied to the front of the van so the
> other two with me could pull a-la tug-o-war to also keep it from sliding off
> of the cliff.
> Brady
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ryan Tanner <ryanatanner@GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:42:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel
>
> I'd love to hear about anyone's cross-country westfalia experiences. I'm
> going from RI to WA to CA and back this summer. Any tips on what to do/not
> do on such a trip are welcome! Thanks, Ryan
>