Hey all, I just got back from camping at the 4 Peaks Music festival in
Central Oregon where I had a chance to help the local community radio
station set up a live audio stream of the event. Had a great time!

Tech had to get there a couple days before the festival went live, so
there I was in a sweet spot in the meadow, with cars and trucks arrived
to pitch tents and plant trailers.

Now, this was my first music festival, but I gotta say, that the way I
rig my Westy made it fit right in as something a festival veteran would
do (this, according to many many comments) -- the solar setup brought
many questions and gave me "green" & "tech" cred.

There were probably three dozen Vanagons, at least two dozen were
Westys. Also a smattering of Eurovans (boo) and maybe five bay windows
cherried out for display camping. And one splittie.

So many people came up to me and talked about how they used to own a
Westfalia and -- here's the deal: all their memories were fond, and to a
person they all regretted that they sold theirs.

And stories about this one time we went camping with our kids and found
this great lake, or the van broke down outside Salt Lake City and some
guy who stopped helped them with a place to stay while they got the van
fixed.

These really are wonderful vehicles. And, as I have learned, well-suited
for music festival camping.
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.