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From: sammie smith
Sent: Mar 6, 2008 10:34 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article

OK, Will and Denis:  I learn something new about busses every day (well, at least once a week).  What are Alpine redux boxes (I assume lower ratio) but how in the heck would you tell by looking?

Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Alpines were what came off Murray. I was told that they were rare, but I asked on the Samba and a place in California for someone to make an offer and got negative response. Rare but worthless.

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From: Will Wood

To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:07 AM

Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article

You've never driven a bus with Alpine redux boxes?  Humm

-----Original Message-----
From: sammie smith
Sent: Mar 6, 2008 9:54 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article

Yeah, my oldest daughter lives in Pasadena and she and her husband do the same thing and go to Santa Ynez all the time.  Think it is one of her favorite places.  And yes, there are a few places up there that I don't think a bus could make it, even in first gear.

j duncan <whocanduncan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sammy: Just do it! What a great trip!!! Me and Cindy lived in Ventura and Santa Paula (10 miles inland) for 19 years and covered that same ground many times. I have serious doubts a bus could make it up Stage Coach Road. . .alive, that is. Boy, could we tell you stories. We lived 4 blocks up from the Hells Angels HQ. We saw the Dead at the Fairgrounds (among other places, of course). We backpacked every mountain range you'll see along the way. And too many places to stop along the way. There's an original Indian MC shop in Ventura called, appropriately enough, The Indian Shop. And the best campgrounds (Lion's Camp north of Ojai). And the best beaches, nude or otherwise (party on the Rincon, sunbathe on Black's Beach, avoid Santa Barbara unless you like pickin' tar from your butt). And the best side trips (Santa Ynez, home of the Hollywood Dutch, all the missions along the way and the wineries, especially Fess Parker). . .. And. . .. And. . .. And. . ..

Heck, if I weren't taking a To The End Of The Earth & Back trip (St. Johns, Nova Scotia), I'd join you. Too much to do with too little time and money to do it with. Whaaa.

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:59:58 -0800
From: atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



I agree with Denis. I can't believe I just put that in print. Sounds like more fun in a bus. You have the SO-42 made for trips like these.


----- Original Message ----
From: Denis Dodson
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 8:51:31 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus Article






Pfft! 4,500 miles in a Baja? Hotels the whole trip?
Piece o' cake. Why not do it in your camper? It's much more of an adventure in a
bus. The danger of not making it, of breaking down on a 500' cliff in Big Sur.
There will be vistas that you would never be able to study if you
weren't stuck behind a friggin' RV for 35 miles near Carmel. You could
just pass him in the Baja, and what fun is that? Sleeping in the bus in a
roadside stop and waking to the smell and barking of mating or fighting sea
lions. And there is always the adventure of crossing the Continental Divide in a
bus. That's an accomplishment, there's a TRIP OF A LIFETIME. The Baja is nice,
but it's still just driving around in a nice old car.



4500 miles will beat me by 1000. I took 35 days. In
the Baja you'll be back in a week.


----- Original Message -----

From:
sammie smith

To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:25
AM

Subject: [tcb] Re: Pretty Good Bus
Article



OK, that article has some element of encouragement, for I too am thinking
of a road trip. No trailer, just taking the Denis
"Trip-of-a-lifetime." The CA Bug-In is Sunday April 6. From April
7 to 11 there is the ultimate in VW cruises up the Pacific Coast Highway from
LA to San Francisco visiting such places as Pismo Beach, Big Sur and Morrow
Bay and returning to Ventura for the VW Treffen X on Saturday April 12.
Sort of along the way I need to make a side trip to Durango CO. The
entire trip would be approximately 4,500 miles. And no, not in a VW bus,
but in the Baja. Should I do it? Well, I am thinking about it
strongly but not sure I want to attempt it or not.



If you are interested in looking at the itinerary for this amazing
once-in-a-lifetime VW cruise go to Airhead Parts web site and look it
up www.airheadparts.com You can also
see some details on page 35 of the April issue of Hot VWs.



Sammie

Ronnie Hughes
wrote:





http://www.carsthatmatter.com/blog/2008-02/westward-bound-from-florida-to-oregon-in-a-1977-volkswagen-bus/


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