On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Well of course vanagons are slow!  They have low-power engines and they are
> heavy.  They are slow on flat ground - of course they are even slower going
> up long grades.
>
Hmmm, you been watchin me hike?

> If you wanted a vehicle that would make good time on long drives, why would
> you have a vanagon?
>
> Joy
>
> Says it all.  I have a vanagon for the "Joy" of blasting past the poppies
at full mosey.  My old beast (Bessie the Charolais Camper) is quite content
to leave a little earlier and arrive a little later with  grazing stops
along the way for refreshment, recreation,  refueling and throwing things at
the rest stop. (previous poster's answer to long boring drives on the
superslab).

Shunpikin' and following the example of Ghost Dancer makes almost every
journey a new wonder.  (see Blue Highways--WIlliam Least Heat Moon).

Mo' slowah, mo' bettah.

Pensionerd.