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ftp2leta
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 Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:10 pm Post subject: One heck of a picture... |
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24+ (f)volks, in Mexico, enjoying life, one van in the background... a square box Vanagon.
The van is the way to travel but it's not the reason.
sometime, some days, i like to understand why i'm devoting my life to that square box, tonight is one.
Life can be short, just fill the van, close the house, drive baby, DRIVE!
Cheers, Ben
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Volksaholic
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That's a sweet shot, Ben!
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Santana
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great photo! love days like this!
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dobryan
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insyncro
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Can't wait for my island time come Dec and Jan.
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klucz
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Awesome.
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DAIZEE
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oh I wish! Interesting roof. It doesn't look traditional Westy?
I'd set up and not move for a very long time!
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blakeck2
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oh I wish! Interesting roof. It doesn't look traditional Westy?
I'd set up and not move for a very long time! |
It is, just has a solar panel
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DAIZEE
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What I thought was a hatch, now I see as a solar panel. I meant the sectional markings (or what seem to be) as in not a smooth top surface. It's not important. What is important is that somebody doesn't have anything on below the waist.  jk and envious 
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ddonnell
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| DAIZEE wrote: |
oh I wish! Interesting roof. It doesn't look traditional Westy?
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Jeeze you dissect posts quite often! haha just kidding
But I must admit I had to take a second look the first time I saw it.
Ben! Man that spot looks like where it's at!
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DAIZEE
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I just ask a lot of questions because I like to learn. You should know me in real time! Always a kazillion questions
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PDXWesty
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It's a Westy top. It just has a solar panel mounted to it.
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DAIZEE
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ok Didn't know that Westy tops had different surfaces. My Westy was smooth except for the hatch which I can see a part of to the front of the roof.
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: One heck of a picture... |
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Life can be short, just fill the van, close the house, drive baby, DRIVE!
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YES!!
great sentiment Ben |
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DWC
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Right on Ben!
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Steelhead
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Even better than the picture:
"The van is the way to travel but it's not the reason."
Very Taoist...like the empty vessel, etc. Funny how we focus on the vessel when its really about the space it creates, where it takes us, etc. Like the empty vessel, the vanagon's value is not what it is, but what it allows.
yeah...that AND they look cool. Wait, am I talking about the vessel again?
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ftp2leta
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Kind a felt nostalgic a bit lately, to busy at work and I had to move (house) (the van helped a lot), no time to travel, at all. the van is sitting in it's new spot on a river but not seeing the road enough, still, i could camp beside my house and feel like i'm in the wild??
My site as over 30,000 images, yep, about 1/4 are travel images, it's those that i like to look at the most
This one remind me of why I own one.
Here is another nice one, when I had my 79.
And why not this one that tell a lot about the way I like to travel, that was my 73.
Sorry if I'm boring you guys
Cheers, Ben
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floggingmolly
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My guess is Playa Santispac (?) on this one. Looks familiar. My version was much windier this year, had to cut the trip short 
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ftp2leta
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| My guess is Playa Santispac (?) on this one. Looks familiar. My version was much windier this year, had to cut the trip short |
So close, Baja for sure, playa concepcion, south of Mulegé.
the other one is Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, one is the most far north east and the other one is the far south west...
viva la Westfalia! It make me see thing in our very beautiful continent!
Benny
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