Wow!
Grrrrrrrreat stuff !

Some very talented picture taking for sure.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "pickle vanagon" <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: Trip Photos (Was: Re: Xross country 10,000 miles travel)

> 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
> >