I've kinda lost interest in the vw events - in favour of music festivals- like cost is really not much more and there is so much to do.

I picked up a zodi last year and it's been perfect -PERFECT!!! Those solar and sun shower things work but the zodi is the bomb.

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> On Jun 21, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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.