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Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:14 pm

Quote: what road did you take from Pensacola west to Texas?
My guess would be any road but I-10.... 8)

Glad to see you guys makin' some "real" mileage......On your way back east, stop in to help me with my Splitty :wink: The Rasta and I are headed to Tampa for the VW's over the Skyway this weekend on a parts scouting mission :-k

Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:29 pm

SteveVanB wrote: Quote: what road did you take from Pensacola west to Texas?
My guess would be any road but I-10.... 8)

Glad to see you guys makin' some "real" mileage......On your way back east, stop in to help me with my Splitty :wink: The Rasta and I are headed to Tampa for the VW's over the Skyway this weekend on a parts scouting mission :-k

nope, not I-10
that's far too dangerous for us, we are cruising at 55mph, slow roads for us
even the slow road the semi's are so close sometimes i can't see their headlamps

:(

Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:47 am

I'm asking if you took the Gulf road right along the edge of the land. From Pensacola thru Mississippi. The place with all the moving white sand dunes (they use bulldozer to keep it clean) and all the outrages (SSSS) homes built on stilts. I found it a very sirile and alien experience. Oh well it sounds like you didn't or you would have taken pics for sure. :(

Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:03 pm

DAIZEE wrote: I'm asking if you took the Gulf road right along the edge of the land. From Pensacola thru Mississippi. The place with all the moving white sand dunes (they use bulldozer to keep it clean) and all the outrages (SSSS) homes built on stilts. I found it a very sirile and alien experience. Oh well it sounds like you didn't or you would have taken pics for sure. :(

sorry daizee,
yes we did take that route, no time for stopping to take pictures, it was a road that i did not feel safe on
people throwing bottles out into the street, driving like lunatics

we kept moving :(

some funky houses for sure :D

Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:34 am

Timing! When I went on it, nobody, nothing, I felt I was out in a wilderness and sometimes you couldn't see the road edges. It was a thrill!

Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:58 pm

:bay_blue: Ha guys , saw you were looking at Moab, you need to come down may,10,11,12,13, thats the big one syncro solstice ! We have a lot of room for a 2 wd, you can ride with lot's of us! I will be by myself, lot's of room! :D

Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:15 pm

Guess it depends where they are (haven't heard lately their location) and if they can get there. Having no concept of the geography they could pretty well hang out at many Syncro events out West. I wanna hear those stories for sure :wink: :lol:

Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:55 pm

right now we are in santa fe, i think heading towards denver
moab might well be on the cards, if we can get there, we have a lot of hills to get up before we get there

Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:49 am

joseph928 wrote: :bay_blue: Ha guys , saw you were looking at Moab, you need to come down may,10,11,12,13, thats the big one syncro solstice ! We have a lot of room for a 2 wd, you can ride with lot's of us! I will be by myself, lot's of room! :D
thank you, that would be fantastic, are there many vanagon in flagstaff ?
we are maybe headed that way after, would also be cool if there is a local club, to meet more like minded folk

Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:56 am

:lol: rubbachickens, not sure anyone has a 'like' mind like you two. But I think there may lots

I'm trying to follow you on an atlas!

Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:04 pm

:bay_blue: Flagstaff is a great place to come lot's of vans new old 4x4
,great place to explore from. Even the KOA is run by a couple of Samba and VW nuts. Good VW shops, give us a pm if you come this way. Or maybe see you in Moab ! :D

Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:43 pm

How's that canopy working out? Miss you guys.

Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:07 am

rubbachicken wrote: right now we are in santa fe, i think heading towards denver
moab might well be on the cards, if we can get there, we have a lot of hills to get up before we get there
Don't bypass Moab!

Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:46 pm

from the Texas classic show, we headed to carlsebad caverns NM, they were orsum

there were some weird looking guides there :D

from there we headed up to roswel NM, what a town that was ;)

we found some other ailiens

then we headed north to santa fe, lucy did not like the altitude, and the heat, so we trundled slowly :roll:
we made it to santa fe, after a bit of useful advice i adjusted lucy's timing, now she has a bit more go, and can climb the mountains :D

it was beautiful there, it didn't feel like a town, let alone a city of 200,000 +

we stayed there for a few days, then lucy decided she wanted to see if she could make it up into the rocky's :D
we're happy to report that she did very well
i added a sign on the back window to let people know lucy's a speed machine ;)

then we set off on the climb to denver CO

even pushing hard up the interstate into the mountains she managed 23.44 mpg :shock: :shock:

this is where we have been so far :D

Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:33 pm

Sounds like things are going well now.

In our '71 bus we had a bumper sticker that said 'I'm pedaling as fast as I can'. It was not unusual for us to be on the shoulder in second gear at 20 mph going over the continental divide. :D :lol:

Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:34 pm

Oh wow, doesn't seem that long. Hope you are enjoying the diversity of USA geography and people.

Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:45 pm

Bcoe wrote: Don't bypass Moab!

Ditto! You're so close now! :D

Tue May 01, 2012 6:38 pm

we are definitely heading over to Moab:) would Love to meet all you people, please come introduce yourselves, and we will do the same!:)

We will be happy to join anyone who has room in their 4x4 as we will probably have to leave Lucy at base camp, for most if not All the trails:(

if any of you are coming from the east, and don't mind a tail, we would love to meet up with you. we are flexible on dates and times...

looking forward to meeting you all, have a great week:)

Tue May 01, 2012 6:44 pm

have lots of pics memory available. I'm excited for you!

Tue May 01, 2012 7:48 pm

Please don't take this the wrong way, but how do you guys pay for gas? You seem to travel non stop, how do you get income?