2019 Summer Road Trip report- The Baldwin's venture to Canada!

[jimf909]

Well done. I wonder what y’all are planning next.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.

Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro).

[chachi]

nice one, nate. def was seeing the word “iOverlander” a lot on your instagram posts, gonna have to check that one out. that gorge run under high wind, man, i have been there. super fried after a long road trip, everybody asleep, trying to maintain 65 but everywhere on the road, yuck.
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'74 transporter panel
'91 vanagon carat NAHT

[owokie]

Awesome trip, looks like we had very similar itineraries this summer, with our twins in tow as well. You're dedicated, I can never manage to put all those words and pictures down on digital paper. Thanks for the ride-along!

[goldtooth]

Next year will either be Colorado or back to Cali but going further south than before. We'll see!

Yep Alex the winds wear you down for sure!

It is a lot of work to take the pics, process, write the story, load the pics to samba (which is a lot by itself) and then pull it all together so it is readable. But I do this as much for myself as others. Gives me a story to go back are read and relive. I probably read my old road trip reports more than anyone just to have those feelings of traveling again. All well worth it

nate
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[owokie]

[Jake de Villiers]

Really great to read your stories, Nate. I love your map, too - did you make that yourself?
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[71whitewesty]

Great trip report! I’ve done a very similar route and even camped in a couple of the same places. This year we are heading that way again and so it was great to read this now. Good times and with the family and I can relate to the kids getting older as mine are now 10 and 13 and this will be our 10th summer of family VW road trips.
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71 Westy 1600 DP, all stock. (^I usually drive this.)
1970's Snow Trac 1600 SP (sold 12/2016)
1968 Tucker sno cat
2017 VW Alltrac
71 tin top stock 1600 DP (project but great runner)
Newest edition, a twin 71 White Westy that I just pulled from a 15 year slumber in a dry eastern WA field.
Thread to follow soon... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=567878

[goldtooth]

[joetiger]

Great report! I know what you mean about the kids growing up. While it's inevitable that they'll want to do their own thing, I'm very grateful to have had my daughters experience the road with us. I totally agree on trip reports--they keep me motivated when I'm on a difficult project and/or bring me out of a funk when I'm pissed off at the world/job/etc...

The highway from Radium over to Canada 1 is spectacular. We also had to skip Lake Louise because of the crowds.
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'86 NAHT Vanagon GL Syncro/ supercharged ABA 2.0 "Pigpen"
'85 928S
'19 Golf R
'02 Beetle GLS

"get metaphysical with it. if it's simply a means to get to and from places, it will let you down. if it becomes your zen, it can't fail you." -dabaron

"Still, it's good to be afield."--VWagabond

[Jake de Villiers]

[goldtooth]