� OK, it's a camper or RV.� Now if you take the SS Badger car ferry across Lake Michigan you have to pay the RV rate of $5.50 a foot (15')�= $82.50 instead of the normal car, SUV, pick-up truck rate of $77.��
� �When I inquired about the RV rate I was asked if I had a sink--that would make it an RV according to their fare rules. � With my MV there was no sink.� You can decide if you want to volunteer the information that you have a sink--I don't think the good people that run the ferry would really care about a Vanagon Camper skirting the RV rate anyway.� Happy to have you aboard.
� Anyone�traveling to the "Buses by the Beach" camp outs from the west�that wants to skip Illinois and Indiana,have fun playing bingo, name that tune, watch movies or just sit on the deck;�I highly recommend the big old coal fired, steam powered car ferry.
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Chris C
Wisconsin
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Re: Is it a car or a camper?

That's probably good advice.

Jim

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrot=
e:
> Having encountered the same problem in describing my Westy setup I now te=
ll anyone who is not obviously VW-centric that I am driving and sleeping in=
a Class B RV.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>
>
> From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
> Subject: Re: Is it a car or a camper?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:31 PM
>
>
> Hmmm ..... .=A0 So, some of us have been forced to stay in a parking lot
> with the RVs (or in other cases to pay an RV fee for a spot with hookups
> though we wouldn't use them) when in our campers.=A0 Now you have been
> told that your camper is a car, and not suitable for camping.=A0 Strange
> people out there.=A0 Glad it worked out.
>
> David