Thanks Wes, and Maria too.  Those are great photographs!

On 4/10/09, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies!
> I can't take credit for all (or even most) of the pictures.  Maria took a
> bunch of them too.  And, needless to say, we took a bunch of pictures that
> didn't really come out---this a a selection of some of the best ones.
>
> I've gone back and attached labels to all the photos in the album (
> http://picasaweb.google.com/mchikina/RoadTrip#) so anyone wondering where a
> particular picture was taken can check that now.
>
> This trip in august by the way.
>
> -Wes
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Doug Noganav <vanagon@astound.net> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> > >
>>
>>
>

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Jake

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