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Subject:Re: A Westy awning
From:Jason
Date:Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:26:46 -0500

Fiamma.  Hands down, would not even bother with others.  I helped someone
assemble one of the other popular models once, then truly appreciated my
Fiamma.

Jason
Uberbus

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just got back from our Gettysburg 6 day trip. Westy ran great had rain the
> last 2 days. Now is the time to think about another type of awning. We have
> and love our Bus Depot awning which is perfect except trying to put it up
> during a cold November rain storm. I thought about getting a Fiamma (price?
> Expensive) from GOWESTY because I could put it up easily and quickly in a
> rain storm. But I understand that it will leak water at the Westys sliding
> door area when raining. It is probably great for shade but I am more
> concern about the rain and me not getting soaked opening the awning. With
> the bus depot awning , If we are at a camp spot just for the evening it
> makes a hassle to put the awning up and then packing it away again. We
> always cook and grille our evening meal outside. It would be nice to stop
> for the evening, crank out the awning quickly and set up my barbecue
> grille. Any thoughts or should I just have fun using the Bus Depot awning
> and getting wet.?
>
> Drying off in Vermont,
> Dennis
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>

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