They all must have been in Maine the past two weeks I've been on the road in my 85 Westy. Went from Chicago to Douthat SP in Virginia to Williamsburg VA to the car race at VIR raceway on the N Carolina border through Tenn to western KY and back to Chicago and never saw ONE bus of any type-except a square light in a repair shop lot. Must be getting near hibernation time for these old buses.
Spencer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM>
To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 7:04 pm
Subject: found - some of the missing vanagon

Many of us, myself included have posted comments lately re: the shortage of
vanagon sightings while on the road. I’m just completing a three week tour of
coastal Maine from Rockland to the Canadian border and back. I saw very few
busses or vans until last Thursday when I hit the jackpot! About the only time I
pay for a campground site is for a Westy/Vanagon gathering; I made an exception
la Thursday night and stayed at Lemoine State Park in Lemoine, Maine. I’d just
set up for the night when a delightful woman stoped by to say hello and let me
know that she was also traveling in a VW. Almost immediately she asked why we,
North Americans, always refer to our vans as Westfalias when they are made by VW
and Westfalia only builds the interiors. Turns out she is German and had her ’92
shipped over here from Germany for a three month wander about the U.S. and a bit
of western Canada. She informed me that I was the fourth VW bus/van she’d seen
in the park. The next day I counted two more bringing the total to six! The most
VW busses/vans I’ve ever seen in one day other than at Busses By The Buoy, Bus
Fusion or some similar event. Later in the day I met another Westy (an ’82
diesel) bringing the total to seven.
It was a a great trip, I’m glad I brought
my bike and kayak. I paddled with he whales and seals and biked some beautiful
back roads. 
I love my westy!