Play music, read, play Scrabble, tell stories, bake bread, play euchre,
write a song, play chess, go for a walk, argue about
hockey/baseball/politics/war/premarital sex/the meaning of meaning...gee
Mike, I thought you were all grown-up!  =)

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay guys, plenty of you have provided encouraging and enlightening words
> in favor of camping in the rainy condition.
>
> So -- followup question:
>
> What do you find fun or satisfying to do when sitting under your van's
> awning in the rain? Once the novelty has passed and you're beginning to
> notice that it's kinda cold, damp, and gray.
>
> I gotta sell my son on the idea.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 8/28/2009 8:59 AM RICHARD KOERNER wrote:
>
>  Steve,
>>
>> You wrote, "...In May, I took my camper to GoWesty to have the new
>> higher-compression engine put in along with a lot of other work....."
>>
>> SO...tell me about that engine!  Is it the 2.3?  You must have previously
>> had (like I do) the 1.9; how do you like the new one?  How much did it cost?
>>  Running higher octane like they recommend?  How does it perform on long
>> grades?  What other stuff did they "strongly recommend" with the new engine,
>> and how much did all that cost?
>>
>> My 1.9 is running great, but at 174,000 miles on original everything
>> (motorwise), I've got to really start planning for the future.  Subie seems
>> too complicated and expensive, no Zetec here in Southern California, not
>> interested in the inline-4 route, so a "better" wasserboxer like GoWesty
>> offers seems the cleanest solution.  And, I would have them do the install
>> work for me, they're only 250 miles away.
>>
>> Rich
>> 85 Vanagon GL
>> San Diego
>>
>>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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