Well, I am back from my little spring break excursion
to Florida, and all I can say is WOW.

If you have never been to the panhandle of Florida,
GO!
Forget Orlando, Miami, Cocoa Beach, the keys... The
panhandle has THE best beaches I have ever seen.  White
sand dunes, beautiful blue-green water, and best of all
there was hardly anyone there.

I camped in a Nat'l forest (14$/night) and had free
access to a 4 mile strip of clean white-sand beaches.
There were probably a maximum of 100 people on the
beaches on the busiest day of spring break.

The 1400 mi. trip went without a hitch.  No oil needed,
no coolant added, only 2psi low in the tires at the end
with an average speed of 75-80mph the whole way.
Average fuel consumption ~20mpg with a full load of
camping equipment.  The only thing I could've wished
for were the new shocks I have ordered.

Van Sightings

Westfalias -
1 H2O cooled
1 Aircooled
4 type-II's

Vans
2 H2O cooled
2 type II's

Not including the 10 Type II's I saw at a body shop
outside Ft. Walton Beach.

The only down-side was finding out that my fridge no
longer works on Aux. power.  Oh well, $0.75/day of ice
in the cooler was cheaper than the 2$/day elec. hookup
fee.

Oh, and the campground was St. Andrews State rec. area.
 They have 170ish wooded campsites, all are nice, mine
was all of 5 feet from the water.  "Voted best beaches
in America, 1995"

-->Wishing I was still there....
===
Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno

_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com