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Subject:Re: Westy Mods And Camping Gear
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:21:15 -0500

LOL!  Abel, I used to live in Brownsville, Texas.  Summer camping was in Mexico (mountains) or far and away in cooler places, never in South Texas.  Well, I did take my students for field work in the HIll Country, and we camped, but by night we were all so tired that sleeping in pools of sweat was easy.  mcneely

---- Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I have my Samsung Note 3 loaded with movies so when I travel by plane I
> have entertainment for the trip. A few months ago we went camping and it
> began to rain a ton. At the time I didn't have an awning so we stayed in
> the westy and watched a movie. I fashioned my Samsung phone with some good
> old blue painters tape and attached it to the AC cabinet above the lower
> bed. we laid down and watched a movie til the rain passed...
>
> Im all for doing whatcha like... more power to ya!
>
> My crude tv setup... lol
> http://dasmotoclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/samsungnote3.jpg
>
> Oh... camping in South Texas... In August... Yea Im not ashamed, =)
> http://dasmotoclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vanagon_ac.jpg
>
> Abel Longoria
> DasMotoClub.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>wrote:
>
> > Years ago here I posted the story about taking my Westy up on Skyline
> > Drive in Virginia with my motorcycle in tow, and that one evening I watched
> > a movie on my DVD player. I was ridiculed for bringing "electronic poison"
> > camping. Seriously? I'm a 55 year old man, and if I want to bring along a
> > DVD player, air conditioner, microwave, whatever, I will. Anyone who
> > doesn't approve can kiss my...foot. If VW had continued to make the
> > Westfalia, some of these items would have most likely been incorporated
> > into them. It's 2014, not 1991.  Jeff

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David McNeely