On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> I just returned to Edmond, OK from a drive to Spokane, Washington and Glacier National Park in my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile . �It has a waterboxer rebuild (110K miles at time of installation) and now has 155K miles.
>
> I averaged 18.76 mpg

> In Glacier NP we camped at Sprague Creek campground, a "tents only" (but no problems with the van) small campground on Lake McDonald. �From there we rode the free shuttle bus to trailheads along Going to the Sun Road.
>
> We also camped in another small "tents only" campground at Kintla Lake for three days. �Kintla Lake is located in the NW section of the park, and requires a 25 mile drive over a fairly rough road (park service recommends high clearance only, but some sedans and mini-vans made it there seemingly without difficulty, and I have driven sedans over worse).
>
> We spent most of our time in the park hiking into locations several miles from the campgrounds or other trailheads, the only really meaningful way to see such a treasure.

> Van did fine, ran really well, used no oil. �However, when we started home we briefly put the heater on to warm the chilly vehicle (temperature in the forties F). �Mistake. �It now won't turn off, so we had to shut the heater vents for the entire trip home. �Any simple fixes? �No, of course not. �The valve is stuck open, and can only be gotten to by removing the dash. �I probably won't tackle this job myself, and so will pay considerably for it.

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Great stuff!

I just did that "To the sun" road. Pretty amazing. Can you imagine
being on the crew to maintain that thing?

Neil.

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