Maiden Voyage

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:38:13 +0200, "P.J. Berg" >
wrote:

>Shag wrote:
>> http://www.mrefoods.com/
>> Hey, if you don't eat them during the trip, they'll be great for
>> snacks 50 years from now. Yum! :-)
>>
>> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:53:39 -0400, "Funkie" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I did 7 hour each way trips. Thats 14 hrs driving a beetle for each trip.
>>>And did that trip 2 weekends in a row (28 hrs total). Orlando to Alanta and
>>>back, twice. Thats a trip.
>>>
>>>Carry your tools at all times, the basics at least. 15mm socket, wrench,
>>>hammer, large flat screwdriver, jack, jumper cables, etc. Short trips can
>>>become very long if you get caught without this stuff.
>>>
>>>"johnboy" > wrote in message
...
>>>
> wrote in message
>>>>news >>>>
>>>>>[...[ And it only cost me,... $800!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>[...] SO today we
>>>>>are taking it even farther from home,.. a family reunion and it's
>>>>>about 60 miles away,.. it's going to be a day trip fpr us but we will
>>>>>be coming back after dark so that might be exciting <G>.
>>>>
>>>>120 miles is an adventure? Crazy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>HMmm, I just ordered a variety pack to check it out!
>
>J.

I've got about 30 or 40 of the entrees out in the garage. I take a
couple with me whenever I go offroading and take about 10 of them with
me usually when I go camping. :-)

"Shag" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:38:13 +0200, "P.J. Berg" >
> wrote:
>
> >Shag wrote:
> >> http://www.mrefoods.com/
> >> Hey, if you don't eat them during the trip, they'll be great for
> >> snacks 50 years from now. Yum! :-)
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:53:39 -0400, "Funkie" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I did 7 hour each way trips. Thats 14 hrs driving a beetle for each
trip.
> >>>And did that trip 2 weekends in a row (28 hrs total). Orlando to Alanta
and
> >>>back, twice. Thats a trip.
> >>>
> >>>Carry your tools at all times, the basics at least. 15mm socket,
wrench,
> >>>hammer, large flat screwdriver, jack, jumper cables, etc. Short trips
can
> >>>become very long if you get caught without this stuff.
> >>>
> >>>"johnboy" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>
> > wrote in message
> >>>>news > >>>>
> >>>>>[...[ And it only cost me,... $800!!!!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>[...] SO today we
> >>>>>are taking it even farther from home,.. a family reunion and it's
> >>>>>about 60 miles away,.. it's going to be a day trip fpr us but we will
> >>>>>be coming back after dark so that might be exciting <G>.
> >>>>
> >>>>120 miles is an adventure? Crazy.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >HMmm, I just ordered a variety pack to check it out!
> >
> >J.
>
> I've got about 30 or 40 of the entrees out in the garage. I take a
> couple with me whenever I go offroading and take about 10 of them with
> me usually when I go camping. :-)

Yuck -- MREs taste better when you pay for them, then?

"remco" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Shag" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:38:13 +0200, "P.J. Berg" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Shag wrote:
> > >> http://www.mrefoods.com/
> > >> Hey, if you don't eat them during the trip, they'll be great for
> > >> snacks 50 years from now. Yum! :-)
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:53:39 -0400, "Funkie" >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I did 7 hour each way trips. Thats 14 hrs driving a beetle for each
> trip.
> > >>>And did that trip 2 weekends in a row (28 hrs total). Orlando to
Alanta
> and
> > >>>back, twice. Thats a trip.
> > >>>
> > >>>Carry your tools at all times, the basics at least. 15mm socket,
> wrench,
> > >>>hammer, large flat screwdriver, jack, jumper cables, etc. Short trips
> can
> > >>>become very long if you get caught without this stuff.
> > >>>
> > >>>"johnboy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >>>
> > > wrote in message
> > >>>>news > > >>>>
> > >>>>>[...[ And it only cost me,... $800!!!!!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>[...] SO today we
> > >>>>>are taking it even farther from home,.. a family reunion and it's
> > >>>>>about 60 miles away,.. it's going to be a day trip fpr us but we
will
> > >>>>>be coming back after dark so that might be exciting <G>.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>120 miles is an adventure? Crazy.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >HMmm, I just ordered a variety pack to check it out!
> > >
> > >J.
> >
> > I've got about 30 or 40 of the entrees out in the garage. I take a
> > couple with me whenever I go offroading and take about 10 of them with
> > me usually when I go camping. :-)
>
> Yuck -- MREs taste better when you pay for them, then?
>
MRE= Meals Rejected by Ethiopians!

--
Paul Broadway
1521 30th St.
San Diego, Ca.
92102-1503
(619) 696-9831
www.broadwaypub.com

"Paul Broadway" > wrote in message
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>
> "remco" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Shag" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 18:38:13 +0200, "P.J. Berg" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >Shag wrote:
>> > >> http://www.mrefoods.com/
>> > >> Hey, if you don't eat them during the trip, they'll be great for
>> > >> snacks 50 years from now. Yum! :-)
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:53:39 -0400, "Funkie" >
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>>I did 7 hour each way trips. Thats 14 hrs driving a beetle for each
>> trip.
>> > >>>And did that trip 2 weekends in a row (28 hrs total). Orlando to
> Alanta
>> and
>> > >>>back, twice. Thats a trip.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>Carry your tools at all times, the basics at least. 15mm socket,
>> wrench,
>> > >>>hammer, large flat screwdriver, jack, jumper cables, etc. Short
>> > >>>trips
>> can
>> > >>>become very long if you get caught without this stuff.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>"johnboy" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > >>>
>> > > wrote in message
>> > >>>>news >> > >>>>
>> > >>>>>[...[ And it only cost me,... $800!!!!!
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>[...] SO today we
>> > >>>>>are taking it even farther from home,.. a family reunion and it's
>> > >>>>>about 60 miles away,.. it's going to be a day trip fpr us but we
> will
>> > >>>>>be coming back after dark so that might be exciting <G>.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>120 miles is an adventure? Crazy.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >HMmm, I just ordered a variety pack to check it out!
>> > >
>> > >J.
>> >
>> > I've got about 30 or 40 of the entrees out in the garage. I take a
>> > couple with me whenever I go offroading and take about 10 of them with
>> > me usually when I go camping. :-)
>>
>> Yuck -- MREs taste better when you pay for them, then?
>>
> MRE= Meals Rejected by Ethiopians!
>
> --
> Paul Broadway
> 1521 30th St.
> San Diego, Ca.
> 92102-1503
> (619) 696-9831
> www.broadwaypub.com
>
>
>

MRE's are actually sold in civilian sorts that are actually somewhat
decent. I carry them on camping trips. But I also carry a cooler and we're
usually not that far out of town any more. I don't camp in a Westfalia yet,
we have just stuffed all our camping gear in a '95 Previa for now. ( I think
the Previa is more what the Type 2 would have become more than the Eurovan
in some ways.) Plus the Previa has air conditioning. At my age, getting
along without it on the road is getting harder and harder. . . .

Charles of Kankakee

"Charles @ Kankakee" > wrote in message
...
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>
> MRE's are actually sold in civilian sorts that are actually somewhat
> decent. I carry them on camping trips. But I also carry a cooler and
we're
> usually not that far out of town any more. I don't camp in a Westfalia
yet,
> we have just stuffed all our camping gear in a '95 Previa for now. ( I
think
> the Previa is more what the Type 2 would have become more than the Eurovan
> in some ways.) Plus the Previa has air conditioning. At my age, getting
> along without it on the road is getting harder and harder. . . .
>
> Charles of Kankakee
>

I was just remembering my military days. We had a terrible cook on the
boat............ You are going to love the Westy! I don't know how I
existed without one. I love my 1982 Westy.


--
Paul Broadway
1521 30th St.
San Diego, Ca.
92102-1503
(619) 696-9831
www.broadwaypub.com

Funkie wrote:

> Carry your tools at all times, the basics at least. 15mm socket, wrench,
> hammer, large flat screwdriver, jack, jumper cables, etc. Short trips can
> become very long if you get caught without this stuff.

There was a thread on what essentials to pack you might want
to Google for.

Don't forget duct tape, flashlight, bailing wire and a cell.

Bon voyage!
--
Bill Merrill
Arlington, Mass.
'70 convertible