& don't forget to stop in the Black Hills, & Sturgis should be cooking
about that time!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote:

> Craig:  Do go see the Spam Museum in Austin Minnesota.  Fat is where
> it's at!!  Also a bit south of Madison is Mt. Horeb and they have a
> bunch of cool little trolls carved out of wood around the
> town.  Definitely stop by the Tire Rack Distribution center just west
> of South Bend if you need tires or wheels or one of those really cool
> aluminum floor jacks and want to save shipping costs.  I think it's
> the Hwy 31 exit, but it's the industrial park exit(first one coming
> from the west).  You can't miss the TR building on your right as you
> drive by during the daytime anyway.  The 294 Tri sate
> tollway  through N. Illinois is a real bear to get through even at
> 3AM, so be advised.
>
> Enjoy the rest of the journey, man.
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 12:53 AM 6/29/2009, craig cowan wrote:
>> Hello guys!I have to say again that meeting vanagon list members
>> along the
>> way of my 3000 mile journey from Pittsburgh PA to Reno Nevada made
>> the trip
>> that much more enjoyable. I am contemplating and planning for the
>> trip home
>> in August (though unsure on dates quite yet) and thinking about
>> taking a
>> more Northern Route along I94 (though by no means limited to that).
>>
>> So, if there are any list members in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota,
>> Minnesota, or Wisconsin, Or if anyone has any particular places I
>> should see
>> or stay at en route.... i'm all ears!
>> It would be such a fantastic ending to such an amazing 10,000 mile
>> summer to
>> travel the northern route making friends en-route.
>> I'm not asking for charity, just wondering if there are cool people
>> who
>> would like to sit down and talk vanagons with a young man from the
>> east
>> coast. All interested parties will be allowed to take a test drive
>> in my
>> Bostig Powered Westy, it's a great treat : )
>>
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> -Craig Cowan
>> '85GL turned WESTY
>> BOSTIG in the back