Hi John,   Jamie ,  and All that are going
I thought i'd touch base with you for info on this trek.
It looks like a very good route for me, but i have a couple of
Hitchhickers to pick up in Front Royal that will determine my
departure time from there.
Is this plan coming together as of this writting?
If it is still a go and We can manage to make it for the 6ish Friday,
i would love to join in.
Can you get back to me re:times of others joining etc to see if i can
fit your schedule.
Thanks  Jamie Rivers, Ontario CANADA. 519.623.8495

"John Anderson" >Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 >
Busses Briefly on the Blue Ridge
>
>OK folks, still wondering if DC area types want to form up on the
way down
>to the list campout a couple weekends hence.  I have a nice scenic
thought
>if anyone is interested.
>
>I figure meet up Friday (time TBD) on I66 at Front Royal VA, proceed
over
>and down I81 to Staunton, then I64 till we hit the Blue Ridge
Parkway to
>keep a bit of the spirit alive, Blue Ridge down to US 501, US 501 to
US29 at
>Lynchburg, then US29 all the way down to Greensboro.  The treck I've
laid
>out there is roughly 300 miles give or take, so say 5 hours plus
even if we
>hump it pretty good, obviously depending on the slowest (lead) Bus
(or
>diesel Vanagon perhaps)
>
>This means obviously we need to be starting out as early as possible
and or
>reasonable.  I can hit the area by about 3 pm myself which puts most
of the
>more scenic Blue Ridge trip still in the afternoon into evening.  I
can in
>fact ditch class and start out on Thursday or as early Friday as
possible if
>there more early trekkers, but assuming most people in DC working
friday, I
>think if we got out of Front Royal no later than 5-6ish it is still
a doable
>trip with some scenic value, maybe a striking sunset on the Blue
Ridge
>followed by harrowing night driving.  Else there is always straight
down I81
>to US220 and down, faster and shorter perhaps.
>
>Anyone interested, please give me a yell, not many DC area types
have spoken
>yet, and we should have a strong presence.  As usual everyone
welcome, I
>understand we may even have an (egad) diesel Mercedes on our midst.
Anyway,
>come Split, come Bay, come Vanagon, come EV.
>
>Of course Chris has the standard camping info up at.
>
>http://www.mindspring.com/~vw69bus/everybus/everybus.html
>
>A final aside, there is strong rumour that a certain lazy listmaster
wants
>to spend the weekend installing and gloating over the new MS Stage 2
engine
>for his (ugh) Vanagon, however all are encouraged to chastise him
for this
>thought, and notice is hereby served the exhaust system for said
Vanagon is
>being held hostage only to be delivered at this campout.
>
>John Anderson
>janderson@iolinc.net
>(304)622-7545
>
>

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