On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Stephen Grisanti<bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm embarrassed to admit that this is the first camping trip of the year, the first since Buses By The Trax last fall.� We've spent every nice (and some not-so-nice) weekend day working on this room addition and that has kept us from making the time to camp, so when Karen needed to go out of town on family business I decided that Hank the dog and I should have ourselves a bacheling overnight.
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> I decided to combine the camping with the delivery of an alley find to a friend who could appreciate it and then drive a little farther south to visit a notorious Vanagon hotspot in Pulaski, Virginia known as Vanagon Heaven.� My friend Dick Howard, who owned two bay vans for a total of 30 years, is just the type of guy to enjoy a jaunt like this. Sadly, he now owns two Toyota pickups.
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> I'll let the pix speak for themselves.� While we were poking around we were approached by one of Pulaski's Finest and once he determined we were harmless (something Dick and I hate to admit to ourselves) he was glad to regale us with stories of the place ("You never see one drive in or out; they come in on a rollback or leave the same way.� I don't think he fixes them here; he just parks them here.").� There's a Samba thread about this place for the interested among you.� Your dream Vanagon may be here someplace but you'll need a skyhook to get it out.
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/PulaskiPost?authkey=Gv1sRgCOaBvdWm4YGrnQE#
>........

Thanks Stephen.

Nice read and great pics/text.

And thanks Rob for link to VuhVanagon.

Neil.

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