I've been off the list for a couple months, after being connected
since the beginning.  I like "sightings."  Vanagons are rare in South
Dakota.  I see one parked on Main Street in Rapid City next to a high
end granite/stone/counter yard - it never moves.  Today I was returning
from hiking in the Bighorns in Wyoming and saw a red late 80s or early
90s non-westy vanagon with two bicycles on a bumper rack heading west.
I was in a 99 suburban and about crawled through the window wanting to
pump my arm and scream, "YES!!!!"  They are so rare in the flyover zone...

My favorite though is a westy in a driveway at the top of the hill
between Franklin and Beverly Way in SAnta Rosa.  My folks live on
Beverly Way and when I crest the hill, look right, there is the westy.
I am warmed...

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD