We've been fine with weekend camping trips thus far, but anything more than 3 or so days takes a toll. We could probably live in the thing if it ween't for the hard cushions. On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:33 AM, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'll tell ya, the cushions in my '79 are alarmingly firm the first time you > try sleeping on them too. I considered memory foam, but the amount of space > it would take up when not in use was out of the question. > So what I did was buy little throw pillows every time I saw one that > matched my bus. I swear, just a few propping you up hear & there fixes the > problem. And then, when the beds are all folded up, the pillows can be > scattered anywhere and they will never be in the way. Pillows are like > Jello. There's always room for Jello. > > > From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> > To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wed, June 1, 2011 7:42:59 AM > Subject: [tcb] Hard Cushions > > Gang, > We just returned from an awesome weeklong Westy trip to Lake Buchanan. > Everything went flawlessly and we have gotten a list of things together that > we need to do in order to make our Westy camping the best it can be. > One thing that we noticed, which we really never did on shorter trips, is how > hard the cushions are in a late Vanagon Westy. > I see two options as a remedy. > Either bring a roll-up memory foam or have the stock cushions replaced with > softer foam. > Has any of you done this? > > P.S. - were any of you camping at Ink's Lake this weekend?