Washington State Roll-call & GTG Thread

[turbotransporter]

whining is totally not cool.

Are you sure we want this one at a Wet Westies meet Marius?

[tiicosyncro]

just wanted to see if there was a pulse, figured that would get a few folks riled up

i look forward to the day i can be as cool as you turbotransporter , one day!

[luVWagn]

[purplepeopleeater]

Get on the wet westies mailing list (dont like that format but yea) they are on facebook and just check out the calander, http://wetwesties.org/



If anyone should be complaining its me, all vanagonhorny over here and just two vans in town. :p

[Vango Conversions]

Maybe I should have posted here but I thought the car show would be really small ant that there wouldn't be many vanagons.

So there is a little casual car show the last Tuesday of the month 5-8pm May-August at the Baptist church on Bainbridge Island, 4 Subaru converted vans (myself and 3 that I invited) showed up to "circle the wagons" and had a lot of fun. Someone with a very nice 90 westy with 62,000 miles showed up as well. It was great, we did some cooking, attempted to play some hacky sac and were the last to leave!

If anyone is in the area next month you should stop by, it's free although they do accept donations and sell pizza for project backpack. It isn't really affiliated with the church either, they're just nice enough to let some car guys take over their lawn once a month. A very diverse group of cars/trucks/motorcycles so there was something for everyone.

[luVWagn]

[turbotransporter]

[turbotransporter]

Hi-Lo's 15th Street Café annual VW Social is just 12 days away.

"Open Invite to all VW owners and friends"

Date: July 13th 2013

Time: 11am to 4pm

Location: Hi-Lo's 15th Street Café, Bremerton WA

"Air-Cooled, Water, Stock, Custom"

"Meet, Greet, Admire, Converse"

Live music from the Scott Pemberton Trio

Check out their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hi-Los-15th-Street-Cafe/210683967208

[purplepeopleeater]

Anyone going to the shorline show? (aka vintagemeet)

[mariusstrom]

[purplepeopleeater]

Anywhere to camp close by?

[mariusstrom]

http://www.facebook.com/events/424173427701214/

Seattle Bus Gathering - August 18 @ 5:00pm, Marymoor Park in Redmond.
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Marius Strom Otto: 1988 Vanagon Syncro Westy Camper
[SOLD] Felix: 1967 Deluxe Beetle

[nwester]

Moved from PDX to the Kelso/Longview, WA area earlier this year, and I feel like we have the only vanagon/westy in the area. Oh sure, I see them loaded up driving through as they head to the coast, but I haven't seen any that appear to be local. We're not far from PDX (45 min), but it makes a difference. Any other vanagon folks in this area?
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89 Westy "GoGo"
78 Riviera "Ollie"

[alnvilma]

Any WA events coming up?
I'm in PDX but yearning to head north and see something different.

[turbotransporter]

The WetWesties are gathering at Dosewallips State Park this weekend.

From the host, Larry Pauls:

Dosewallips SP - 306996 Highway 101 Brinnon, WA 98320

Join us for the second annual Puget Sound version of the Wetwesties Reunion held 1 week later in Union OR. We think that if anyone wants to stay over Sunday night the site should be available

Last year 28 vans from Canada, Washington and Oregon gathered and we had a fine time reconnecting with old friends and new. This was by far the largest gathering of the Puget Sound are Wetwesties.

We always welcome the newbies and lurkers.

For much of the year Hood Canal is wet and grey, but late August is prime time for visiting this jewel of an area. If you can plan an extended trip you can take advantage of the Olympic National Park and the many recreational opportunities.

Dosewallips State Park is a 425-acre, year-round camping park with 5,500 feet of saltwater shoreline on Hood Canal and 5,400 feet of freshwater shoreline on either side of the Dosewallips River. The park is unique in that it offers both freshwater and saltwater activities. All camp areas are grassy and located in scenic, rustic settings. Last year's clear skies and spectacular weather allowed many to walk to the waterfront on Hood Canal and see the mountains. It's a great site for biking thru the park.

We camp in Group Camp 1 (Meadow Camp) which is - as named - a large meadow that easily held the 28 vans - we could have accommodated 60 vans. There is a big campfire pit, a covered eating area, several picnic tables and a barbeque. Water and primitive toilets are available. Flush toilets and hot showers are elsewhere in the park within walking distance. A trailhead and the Dosewallips River are easily accessible.

Distance from Seattle is 125 miles via the Tacoma Narrow Bridge, Port Orchard and then North over the Hood Canal Bridge - or - 135 miles going thru Olympia and then north to the southern tip of the Hood Canal. The shortest drive is via the Edmonds Ferry and is 68 miles over the Hood Canal Bridge. Portlanders have and easy 110 miles up I-5 to Olympia then another 62 miles along Highway 110 up the beautiful drive along Hood Canal. For Shelton, Port Orchard, Pt Townsend , etc this is in your back yard.

Potluck is Saturday evening. As always bring firewood for the group campfire. THE BURN BAN IS OFF

Contact is Larry Pauls –

[mariusstrom]

I'll be at the Dosewallips campout this weekend, looking forward to the get together!
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Marius Strom Otto: 1988 Vanagon Syncro Westy Camper
[SOLD] Felix: 1967 Deluxe Beetle

[Gr8White]

Your not alone nwester! I also live in Kelso. Gidget stays indoors most of the year and only comes out when it's nice. She's definitely spoiled. If you'd like to get together for a beer at the house and let them meet, let me know.

For everyone else... If it ever got to the point where we all wanted to try and have a gtg (PDXers, wet westies and anyone else) but without the camping, there is a large park (Riverside Park) just off of exit 42 on I-5. Not quite half way between everyone, but close. There would be enough parking for everyone, jungle gyms for the kids, fields for the dogs to run and even a couple of geocaches if you're into that.
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88 Wolfsburg Tintop

[purplepeopleeater]

Dont forget about volksfest in Yakima (Moxee) drag races on the 13th, campout in the park 14th Dave manning will be there entertaining and the show and swap is on the 15th.

Campout is always fun!

[VWaddict01]

Volksfest was awesome!! Had a great time and met a lot of cool people. I even picked up one of those neat homemade awards at the show with my 77 Dasher wagon. I'll be bringing my T3 next year!

On a side note is anyone going to the Wet Westies campout this weekend at the Cove resort on Fish lake??? 9/20 - 9/22
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1990 lifted 2wd (for now..) Vanagon "Savanna"
1979 bagged Rabbit L
1977 B1 Passat Estate
2014 Jetta
(Searching for the next air-cooled project)

[purplepeopleeater]

Your dasher was awesome!

I had the hightop and rabbit goodies forsale.