[tcb] Re: Hard Cushions

  • From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:17:56 -0500

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?

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