Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings From Oregon
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Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings From Oregon
It has been a whirlwind of compressed scheduling since L.A. As I drove up the I-5 corridor from the Southland, I shot some film clips of climbing up the Grapevine and the Altamont Summit and Grants Pass and a couple of clips showing you how to use every inch of the road while hurtling down the other side.
This is Mount Shasta looking a bit bereft of snowpack.
This is Mount Shasta when I drove past in August 2003.
And this shot of Lake Shasta looks awfully similar to Lake Mead which is damn close to half empty itself. It appears that we are sucking our lakes dry out west.
I drove along a cell tower access path along the lake and took this shot at the edge of the roadway.
Since then, I have done three more calls in the Portland area, camped under the stars and under the lights at Wal*Mart and lightly flogged a Camper Special (which I will do a write up on shortly in the Type 2 forum), and I even drank two beers at the Lucky Lab with some of our greater Portland area VW aficionados here, met Gypsie himself for the first time.
Colin
This is Mount Shasta looking a bit bereft of snowpack.
This is Mount Shasta when I drove past in August 2003.
And this shot of Lake Shasta looks awfully similar to Lake Mead which is damn close to half empty itself. It appears that we are sucking our lakes dry out west.
I drove along a cell tower access path along the lake and took this shot at the edge of the roadway.
Since then, I have done three more calls in the Portland area, camped under the stars and under the lights at Wal*Mart and lightly flogged a Camper Special (which I will do a write up on shortly in the Type 2 forum), and I even drank two beers at the Lucky Lab with some of our greater Portland area VW aficionados here, met Gypsie himself for the first time.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- hambone
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A pleasure seein ya again. Safe travels as always.
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- dhoch14
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- dhoch14
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just keeeeeeeeding.
I'm thinking maybe the valve cover is warped. guess, I'll figure it out when I get to it.
in other news....I need an expert opinion if possible. I've tracked down two options for a new brake booster:
1) used for $50.
2) rebuilt for $75 + shipping.
what does yee wise one recommend?
-dave
I'm thinking maybe the valve cover is warped. guess, I'll figure it out when I get to it.
in other news....I need an expert opinion if possible. I've tracked down two options for a new brake booster:
1) used for $50.
2) rebuilt for $75 + shipping.
what does yee wise one recommend?
-dave
93 VW T4 2.4D Cali
- Westy78
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Rebuilt by who? The only outfit I've heard that rebuilds them is down in Texas I think. Haven't heard anything bad about them. If it were me I'd go for the rebuilt. With a used one you don't know how worn the diaphragm is inside.dhoch14 wrote:just keeeeeeeeding.
I'm thinking maybe the valve cover is warped. guess, I'll figure it out when I get to it.
in other news....I need an expert opinion if possible. I've tracked down two options for a new brake booster:
1) used for $50.
2) rebuilt for $75 + shipping.
what does yee wise one recommend?
-dave
Chorizo, it's what's for breakfast.
- hambone
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And thankfully there is still wilderness here. I'm not sure why but most humans clump to the land of concrete traffic and mad-mazes...Which is fine by me otherwise there wouldn't BE wilderness.
I'll just be glad when my spaceship comes to get me. I've had about enough.
I'll just be glad when my spaceship comes to get me. I've had about enough.
http://greencascadia.blogspot.com
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- Amskeptic
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Get your issues squared away. It is a weird thing, I am sure, to have issues continuing to crop up, a real hit against the necessary basic trust that you must have to comfortably hit the road. . . but there IS such a thing as life with a trustworthy bus.soulful66 wrote:Those photo you are posting are making me jealous that my bus has to many issuses to go out on the trip! Have fun, and keep those photos coming.
Best Regards,
John
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles