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October 12, 2004
proceeding apace
In less than two weeks, I will be taking my rusty, 22-year-old camper up some back roads into the mountains of virginia, on our first road trip and camping trip together. Some 300 miles, one way.
I'm pretty nervous about this trip. On my list of things to do today: call AAA and be sure my membership is up to date.
- sunday, christa came over and we sewed about half of the curtains. i'm still working on sewing snaps onto those curtains.
- mark and lonnie are pulling together the parts they'll need to overhaul the cooling system. 9 westy goes to see mark tomorrow morning and will likely stay through the weekend.
- wednesday, christa is coming over to help me sew covers for the new foam mattresses i've obtained.
- tonight i hope to thoroughly wash the van inside and out.
- once i've got her back, my friend chris is going to help me replace the rubber seals on the camper pop-top and forward luggage rack. he's tall. i've also got bright new cleats for the luggage rack-- the original ones are so rusty i'd hesitate to actually use them. when i climbed up there to inspect them, i found a scrap of an old bungee cord still attached to one, rotting away. nice.
- at some point, i need to hook her up to 110ac electrical and see if that works... see if maybe the fridge will come on. and then hook her up to a garden hose and see if the sink will work.
I doubt seriously that I'll have the propane equipment (refrigerator and stove) working by the time I leave, but I may call a local RV center to see if there's any way i could get them to look it over before i go.
Posted by lisa at October 12, 2004 10:52 AM | TrackBack
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Not sure if you've seen this site, but when I go on a bus trip, I try and take a look at this and print out some of the numbers along the route. http://www.type2.com/rescue/ This is the VW Bus Search and Rescue squad. People across the country have volunteered the phone numbers and addresses for other busers traveling through their area incase they break down or need some roadside assistance. Good luck, have fun, and remember that the most important tool for a VW is ducttape. :)
Posted by: Dallas on October 12, 2004 11:04 AM
thanks, dallas, that's a great idea!
i am well supplied with duct tape... but i have a friend who recently killed his engine with duct tape... he was using it on the throttle, the engine heat melted the adhesive and it dropped into the timing belt.
so i'll be judicious of my use of duct tape, especially in the engine compartment :)
Posted by: lisa on October 12, 2004 11:10 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.