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WindAndSea Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2008 Posts: 64 Location: Northeast, MA
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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My son has been spending most nights in Stan since March of 2008. I go out and get him and the dog at 6:15 so he can come inside and take a shower before he rides his bike to school. Icut off the camping in early December when I tuck Stan away for the winter.
I joined him out there a few times. I did not like it before I put the new shocks on, as he would sleep up top and move around and the whole van would rock this way and that as he moved! The new shocks cured that!
I like the KoolAid!!! _________________ 86' Westy GL (Stanley)
96' Volvo 850 wgn (250k+)
Alva 36" skateboard with Indy 120's
alot of bicycles |
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snowsyncro Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2009 Posts: 1557 Location: East Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Too funny! I keep a camper parked at my daughter's house, and when we go there for a party, I don't have to worry about driving. I just crash in the camper and drive in the morning. Some of the best sleeps ever.
After her wedding my wife and I , daughter and friend just staggered out to the van in the dark, and Voila! Bedtime. |
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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 3997 Location: Maine
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yes,it's abnormal. I'm the Guy that lives in the Van in the driveway.
Ever since my wife told me that our 54 inch big screen bit the dust , I have been sleeping in the Westy and watching MLB streaming through the Laptop.
Well the Big Screen has been fixed two plus months and me and the Dog "Rooney" are stiil sleeping and watching MBL in the driveway.
Rooney thinks the Westy has better snacks than the House has, and the bed is softer Yes me too!.
Welcome to driveway camping, just be careful with your camp fire!! _________________ '15 Audi A3 Quattro
'09 VW Tiguan (dead)
'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
What the Westy wants the Westy GETS
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Timwhy&show_results=summary
http://www.youtube.com/user/TIMWHY2?feature=mhee
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Vunderbus Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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We recently returned from a three week trip to Yellowstone and the Tetons. We traveled, slept and ate like kings in our Westy! When we returned home the kids literally cried and wanted to go back. To appease them, we camped in the drive way. Well, one night turned into two and so on. My wife and daughter finally bailed in favor of beds in the house but my son and I kept it going for a few more days. School finally started for the kids and I figured that if the school caught wind that my eight year old son was living in VW camper things might get pretty weird. _________________ 1990 Westfalia Subaru EJ2.5
2002 Eurovan MV Weekender
1997 Eurovan Camper
1980 Westfalia
1973 Baywindow
1970 Baywindow Riviera Camper |
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msinabottle Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2005 Posts: 3492 Location: Denver Area, Colorado
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: Hangover Haven |
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Hangover Haven...
I'm with Joetiger about avoiding unwanted legal attention, although I'll stealth camp in Winston in the driveway or in front of a house where I've been... let us say... hospitably entertained. I bought a 0 degree sleeping bag and have been very comfortable with no heater on a November night.
I have been feeling a strange compulsion to go out at least one night and sleep in Winston in the garage. Our house is over 50 years old, but to my knowledge, no one has yet slept in the garage at all. Might as well be the first, and do so in comfort.
Best! _________________ 'Winston,' '84 1.9 WBX Westy
Vanagon Poet Laureate: "I have suffered in
many ways, but never, never, never in silence." |
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Boegrrl Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2007 Posts: 156 Location: Fla
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Yes you can!
I have thought to use my Weekender as spare quarters. It is nice with mucho memory foam, a/c and strung with Kayak lights.
Recently a terrific folk group www.TheMayhaws.com stayed with me during a concert tour.
I saw them again the next weekend in Tallahassee.
As I drove through the parking lot, Sharla June one of the lead singers exclaimed to her boyfriend....
"Look honey, there goes our Motel!"
I felt like a million dollars! _________________ '87 Wolfsburg Weekender |
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momsvan Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2009 Posts: 5 Location: So NM
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Last weekend my 12 year old son had a friend over to spend the night. The van was all set up and when the friend arrived, my son said, "This is our room tonight!" His friend's eyes lit up and he flashed a delighted grin; as a guest, he got the top bunk. Since we are out in the desert, it's almost camping, with a coyote or javalina sometimes coming by in the wee hours, especially during a full moon. |
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modogg Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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I've slept in the garage, in the westy. woke up refreshed, poor a cup of coffee and used the urinal that i installed in the garage...maybe that's weird. Functional yes. Weird for nahhh
you are ok duder. |
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Timwhy Samba Member
Joined: January 01, 2009 Posts: 3997 Location: Maine
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Can't wait to go camping! Actually I couldn't wait. I have slept in my Westy at least
one night of each month this winter. Yes it could be extremely cold but the little electric
heater made the inside nice and toasty.
With the turn of March and having selpt in the Westy this month. I have completed a 12
month cycle which I have stayed at least one night in each of the last 12 months in my
Westy. I just wish it was warmer and nicer weather here to at least go somewhere other
than my driveway to do some camping.
Warmer days are coming, they are just not in a hurry to get here! _________________ '15 Audi A3 Quattro
'09 VW Tiguan (dead)
'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
What the Westy wants the Westy GETS
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Timwhy&show_results=summary
http://www.youtube.com/user/TIMWHY2?feature=mhee |
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