Sounds like a great time Don!

That's cool that you were able to fund your trip with some wood work projects.

Glad your rig is running well.

Neil.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...trouble-free.   A 9-week winter trip to the Southwest US for some sun
> and bicycling.  As usual for this trip, (4th time in this van, I think)  my
> 84 5sp inline VW powered van ran great, giving me about 22 mpg most of the
> time at my normal cruising speeds of around 65mph.   Only thing that I
> bought for the van was a replacement for my NAPA coach battery which was
> starting to lose it's ability to deliver power for my laptop and sat radio,
> etc.    $21 for that, pro rated.
>
>   Gasoline was pricey in California, about $.25/gal cheaper in Oregon on
> the return trip.   I had a beautiful drive home on Hwy 395, with a stop
> near Bishop, California to ride the kinks out of my legs.   I was racing to
> beat a Pacific storm coming in, almost got caught near Bodie, California
> when a heavy snow flurry came in, but luckily, I was over the pass heading
> downhill.   Another flurry this AM near Bend, Or and some freezing
> fog...but otherwise an easy trip.   Slept a few hrs last night near
> Summerlake in eastern Or. and was serenaded by a couple of hooting owls and
> some sandhill cranes out on the lake shore...
>
>    this is what I have my faux Westie for.
>
>   Don Hanson

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