Re: Road Trip

David Bjorkman · 2012-06-24T16:37:19.000Z

Hi Rob; I have a 87 westy with a FAS Gen 5 engine (inline 4 VW). Yellowstone wasn't bad. They said Westy was hard sided vehicle so OK to use fridge. I opted not to as I have a canvas top and didn't want bears trying to get in that way. Yosemite was worse. No food in vehicle or no entry. Rangers aware of Westy fridge and checked to be sure only used for storage. Bear boxes used at both areas. Yosemite was box per site. Yellowstone was communial box every few sites. And , yes, there are lots of places where cell phones do not work. I have Verizon, although I don't like there business practices, because they have best nation wide coverage. Noone coveres areas I have been in. Lots of mountains etc. Wild Country; Go see it! Dave B. On 06/24/12, Rob<becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote: Hello David, Good report! I don't recall if you have a Westy or not but did you have any problems camping in Yellowstone? What cell phone network are you on? With modern communications being what they are to our (well my) day to day life I'm curious. Thanks for sharing the report & have a great 'rest of the trip'! Rob becida@comcast.net ps/ this is At 6/24/2012 12:19 AM,David Bjorkman wrote: >Hi All; >At a hotel in Denver with internet access. Drove down from >Yellowstone today. 11 hours, 40 min including lunch and 2 gas >stops. Really hot and windy across the open plains. Glad to have >the AC, such as it is. Diane (the wife) will be returning home by >air tomorrow ;-( It'll just be me, my maps and the GPS again after >that as I move down to Mesa AZ to visit friends. I've been told I >should go thtough Sedona. > >It occurs to me that even tho I set everything up until AZ, I never >really set up the ride home. I think I will be traveling up through >the rust belt diagonally across America instead of the southerly >route through Tenn. and the Smokeys and Skyline Drive. Did that >last year and after AZ I will probably be like the horse heading for >the barn after a long ride. Pete, I might be giving you a call as I >go towards St.Louis. Hope the invite is still open It'll be a >couple days down to Mesa, a couple or 3 days there, and a couple or >3 days (really no idea) to get back up to the top of the country. I >will give you a call when closer. Cell phone access been pretty >darn spotty or non existant most of the places I've been so far. > >Happy Motoring > >Dave B.

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Subject:	Re: Road Trip
From:	David Bjorkman
Date:	Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:37:19 -0500

<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Hi Rob;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>I have a 87 westy with a FAS Gen 5 engine (inline 4 VW).&nbsp; Yellowstone wasn't bad. They said Westy was hard sided vehicle so OK to use fridge.&nbsp; I opted not to as I have a canvas top and didn't want bears trying to get in that way.&nbsp; Yosemite was worse.&nbsp; No food in vehicle or no entry.&nbsp;Rangers aware of Westy fridge and checked to be sure&nbsp;only used for&nbsp;storage. </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>&nbsp;Bear boxes used at both areas.&nbsp; Yosemite was box per site.&nbsp; Yellowstone was communial box every few sites.&nbsp; And , yes, there are lots of places where cell phones do not work.&nbsp; I have Verizon, although I don't like there business practices, because they have best nation wide coverage.&nbsp; Noone coveres areas I have been in.&nbsp; Lots of mountains etc.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Wild Country;&nbsp; Go see it!</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Dave B.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 06/24/12, <SPAN>Rob&lt;becida@COMCAST.NET&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hello David,<BR>Good report! I don't recall if you have a Westy or not but did you<BR>have any problems camping in Yellowstone?<BR>What cell phone network are you on? With modern communications being<BR>what they are to our (well my) day to day life I'm curious.<BR>Thanks for sharing the report &amp; have a great 'rest of the trip'!<BR><BR>Rob<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:becida@comcast.net" target=_blank>becida@comcast.net</A><BR>ps/ this is<BR><BR><BR><BR>At 6/24/2012 12:19 AM,David Bjorkman wrote:<BR>&gt;Hi All;<BR>&gt;At a hotel in Denver with internet access. Drove down from<BR>&gt;Yellowstone today. 11 hours, 40 min including lunch and 2 gas<BR>&gt;stops. Really hot and windy across the open plains. Glad to have<BR>&gt;the AC, such as it is. Diane (the wife) will be returning home by<BR>&gt;air tomorrow ;-( It'll just be me, my maps and the GPS again after<BR>&gt;that as I move down to Mesa AZ to visit friends. I've been told I<BR>&gt;should go thtough Sedona.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;It occurs to me that even tho I set everything up until AZ, I never<BR>&gt;really set up the ride home. I think I will be traveling up through<BR>&gt;the rust belt diagonally across America instead of the southerly<BR>&gt;route through Tenn. and the Smokeys and Skyline Drive. Did that<BR>&gt;last year and after AZ I will probably be like the horse heading for<BR>&gt;the barn after a long ride. Pete, I might be giving you a call as I<BR>&gt;go towards St.Louis. Hope the invite is still open It'll be a<BR>&gt;couple days down to Mesa, a couple or 3 days there, and a couple or<BR>&gt;3 days (really no idea) to get back up to the top of the country. I<BR>&gt;will give you a call when closer. Cell phone access been pretty<BR>&gt;darn spotty or non existant most of the places I've been so far.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Happy Motoring<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Dave B.<BR></DIV></div>

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