Road trips over 1000 miles

[cdennisg]

^^^ I was looking through a 15 year old motorcycle magazine this afternoon, and there was a photo of that place with a few bikes out front. Strange coincidence to see it here, too.
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[Lind]

[Don66bus]

Nice photos of your trip, Lind. We are in the middle of a trip across Canada. Cool at times.

[RalphWiggam]

Peeking over from the baywindow side......

I love driving my bus as much as anything but after a couple hours the seating position starts to get VERY uncomfortable. My back and shoulders really start to hurt. How do you folks deal with this on these super long trips? Just deal with it?

[Lind]

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[cdennisg]

[aa390392]

Lind thanks for sharing your bus with us, infact several times this past year..it is quite an impressive relic..and not a "trailer a trailer queen".
I drawing came to mind, when you mentioned your driving a bus that distants, once again thank you.

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[Culito]

A few years ago me and a few bus friends took a trip from central MO to Colorado - tooled around Colorado Springs, did the Pike's Peak thing, camped up in the mountains at Jefferson Lake, came back into Denver and went to a show at Red Rocks. It was the first time I have done any long distance driving in a bus and also was the first time I had this bus on the highway for any substantial length of time after I got it running. Easily over 2000 miles round trip..

Somewhere in Kansas:

Camping outside CO Springs:

Heading up into the mountains:

Halfway up Pike's Peak:

Bristol Brewing:

Along I-70, almost made it back home (but we don't have to talk about that):

We had a lot of adventures but these were the only pics I have handy.
I really want to do the Jerome AZ show in 2022. That's 1300 miles one way!
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[VWAdam]

If we are counting roundtrip being 1000 miles, I've done that a few times.
From Birmingham to Charlotte and then Farmington and back was a bit over 1,000 miles.
This was taken by Andrew somewhere on I-85 in either SC or NC

I've driven every Bus I've owned to the Tampa Bay area for Bulli Brigade. My current Bus has been two or three times. That's usually around 1400-1500 miles for the trip. These are from 2018 when I drove down with my friend Daniel in the blue '67 13 window

My dad (right) and I (left) along the way somewhere. Photo is reversed, I was driving.

The coverage in Hot VWs, my Bus is 5th from right on the top row., my buddy's '67 beside me.

The last out of town trip I took in the Bus was to New Orleans in late 2019, 700+ miles roundtrip and the looks on my coworkers faces when they found out I was driving my Bus

I'd like to possibly drive to MO to BNNTA next year. That'd be a 1300-1400 mile round trip.
I'd also like to go to Lake Havasu one year. I don't doubt my Bus would make it. It's just the time off and the cash to go that's been the issue.
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[Don66bus]

Now 2000 miles into this trip, having reached British Columbia. Too bad the rain is making it difficult to photograph mountain scenes.

Here we are snuggled into the RV parking in Bow Island.

Bus shadows in the morning

[panel]

If you get close to Victoria at all and you need anything shoot me an email
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[Don66bus]

3000 miles in and about to turn around. Bus is running well. Did five mountain passes today along Highway 3 in BC. The bothersome noise turned out to be tire wear.

[Lind]

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[Don66bus]

Nova Scotia trip July 2022

Took the bus down to Canso, Nova Scotia for the Stan Rogers folk festival. At one campsite, we had four generations of VW buses represented. At a stop for a coffee coming home, I was offered $25,000 cash for bus right then. I wasn't interested in selling. The prospective buyer rebuilds Westfalias for a living, not that my Deluxe has that lineage.

So, about 2000 miles of flawless running and lots of smiles. One four year old running up enthusiastically in a campsite, yelling "Fillmore!".

I was using the screen in the back hatch. If anyone knows how to make that work around the door hinges, let me know. Mosquitos found their way through those gaps.

New Brunswick seaside

Waiting for the free ferry

Tiny bus among the behemoths

Obligatory post-trip bug splatter shot

[Don66bus]

Here is a shot of the back hatch screen. The hatch hinges create openings for mosquitos. Does anyone have a better solution than dish towels and wash cloths?

[BarryL]