On Wed, 20 Jul 94 15:43:59 CDT <cs@karin.att.com> said:
>Joel's list only lists 6 people in PA.  Yet, I think we definitely
>have more bricks around here.  I guess they just do not have access to e-mail.
>I would suggest that we could ask the dealers and VW mechanics to put signs
>up related to the tour once we know the details......

oh,yes, but only those 6 are subscribed to the Vanagon list (that i know of,
that is ... there are likely some of the lurkers/no-bus/no-locations who are
in PA).

AND ... if this Great Mass of Foolishness ever really gets rolling, what if
the NEAT, SOTO, and LiMBO bunches (who likely don't have computer access)
got involved in the act? well, here are the 'clubs' that i know about:

VW Bus & Vanagon Clubs

All Sorts of VWs
----------------
Volkswagen Club of America                     $10/year,
P. O. Box 154                                  little magazine sent
North Aurora, IL 60542                         out every other month

1968-1991 Buses & Vanagons
--------------------------
LiMBO (Late Model Bus Owners, international)    $18/year,
P. O. Box 3293                                  newsletter sent out
Plymouth, MA 02361-3293                         every other month
(508) 746-9573

also: Harris Upham, editor of the newsletter, The Transporter, can be
reached via email at  hupham @ fscvax.fsc.mass.edu

1949-1967 Microbuses
--------------------
NEATO  (North East Association of Transporter Owners)
P. O. Box 4190              <yeah, i know: new mexico ain't Northeast!
Albuquerque, NM 87196       ... they moved.>
(505) 268-2220              chapters in AZ, CA, FL, GA, MO, New England,
                            NM, OR, TX, WA

SOTO  (Society of Transporter Owners)   monthly newsletter.
P. O. Box 3555                          send $1 for more info and
Walnut Creek, CA 94598                  sample newsletter
(510) 937-SOTO

Westfalia Campers
-----------------
Westfalia Wanderers               for owners of VW Campmobiles or
13 W. Montgomery St.              Vanagon Campers
Ilion, NY 13357

Westfalia Owners Travel Club      $??/year, newletter.
Site 13, Box 2, RR #4             "strictly a travel clug, and not
Hampton, NEW BRUNSWICK            one for restoring older vans ..."
E0G 1Z0  CANADA

and, as a parting thought, this talk about WHEN (early May, academic schedule
and etcetera), has anyone thought that this thing, once started, will take
a finite amount of TIME to complete? as in, starts in one place at such-and-
such a time, but continues for the whole summer as it winds its way around?
it would likely require a while (driving, camping, whatever) just to go
from SCA to NCA (that's Souther california to Northern california). the
point being that (1) maybe it wouldn't get to your area until you did have
the time or (2) a smaller amount of time could be taken off from work to
'catch up' as they passed through your area. :)  or something like that.
well, it SEEMED like a complete rational thought when i started typing it!

joel