I'll second that thought! Right on�

I've enjoyed reading through this thread and all the family / kids aspects. I came late to Westy-dom (or is it a hood?) but have been camping with my kids since they were very small� in fact I have photos of them helping to build the cedar strip canoe we used as our wooden westy during the 90's. I'll echo the comments about no electronics for those trips, we loved being away from it all.  A favourite story a friend who camped with us a lot still loves to tell:
bringing firewood back to the campsite, my daughter sat down on a log for a minute and then said "the forest wakes up when we're quiet". Wise words from someone just a little over 3.

Now that I have my Vanagon and the "kids" are 25 and 30 they seem to have a renewed interest in camping. I'm hoping to get at least one of them to come to a bus campout too� I think they'd love it.

I will say though: the Westy is very comfortable and civilized as far as my camping experiences go. But I really don't ever want to try to portage one!

Regards, Peter Kraiker
nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
Toronto, ON, Canada
'82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)

On 2012-04-30, at 7:29 PM, ralph meyermann wrote:

> I'll prefer a 'BORING' camping trip in my Westy over going to work any day!