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The Year that was 2010

January - We took Gertie on the first of many trips along the Pintler Scenic Byway (MT Hwy 1).…

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Added by whc03grady on January 1, 2011 at 7:27pm — 2 Comments

Lake Atitlan Delights & Amoeba Woes!!!

Added by Stephen Robbins on December 27, 2010 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

Xmas Tree Hunt '10

Full post here

Added by whc03grady on December 22, 2010 at 8:12pm — No Comments

Become a Groupie!

From Regis:

Welcome to all those who have found this site. Get settled making your page with info and pic's about yourself.

Then click onto the Groups and join any and all that appeal to you. There will be additional, sometimes more exacting, info within the various groups.

Happy trails, Regis

Gold Country Camper group.

California campsite Review group

Camper Cookery group

Camping Gear group

Added by Big Blue's Driver on December 16, 2010 at 9:08pm — 1 Comment

HELP!

HELP! I need help with my Riviera Top.....

I own a 85 Vanagon with a Riviera top

I finally went after my leaking top on my vanagon! It was a big project which entailed taking the top off, re-fiberglassing some cracks, replacing the wood frame and putting on new canvasse.

I ran into a problem on the re-assembly and need your help!

The back brackets don’t fit any more! Could you take a picture of your pop top back brackets for me? It would also be…

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Added by mick pearson on December 11, 2010 at 9:58pm — 35 Comments

Pictures from a Junkyard Bus

Some time ago I posted about… Continue

Added by whc03grady on November 22, 2010 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments

Happy Birthday, Ludwig and One of Big Blue's Drivers

Ludwig's thirty-seventh year certainly wasn't his best under our watch, but here's to a much better…

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Added by whc03grady on October 24, 2010 at 4:02pm — No Comments

Everything Said here rings very true, I have posted a facebook group Catch the Bus VW Bus Restoration

Please go and see what happened to me and the apparent dishonesty of Catch The Bus LLC!

Every thing John says in his post happened to me and worse, today I have a legal title for the bus which they agreed to take back and pay me in full which they haven't but it seems that a week and a half after agreeing to this in a sworn notarized statement that they went to the New Mexico DMV and stated that they had lost the title and requested a "duplicate" title. What does that sound…

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Added by Catch The Bus on October 12, 2010 at 5:33pm — 1 Comment

Autumn Approaching

The Tater Tot fell asleep again just a few minutes from home, so we decided to waste some time by taking a side trip into the Atlantic watershed--Gertrude's first with us.…

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Added by whc03grady on October 8, 2010 at 12:12am — No Comments

it's about eight days before I'm to head out on my great Steinbeck trip, in which I'll be tracing the route that John Steinbeck took for Travels with Charley almost exactly a half a century ago. Wish…

it's about eight days before I'm to head out on my great Steinbeck trip, in which I'll be tracing the route that John Steinbeck took for Travels with Charley almost exactly a half a century ago. Wish me luck.

There will be three fundamental differences between Steinbeck's journey and mine:

I'll have no dog with me. However, I'll be carrying an Opus doll -- you know, the penguin from Bloom…

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Added by John LaTorre on September 13, 2010 at 10:44pm — 17 Comments

Member map

The member map is a great idea. Nice to be able to see where everyone lives. I wish I lived back in Cali. I was born in Sacramento.

My Vanagon seems to be running like a top! The A/C is working a little harder with the heat here in Az.

I'm starting to plan my road trip for next year. It would have been cool to have had another bus tag along on my last road trip to share all the…

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Added by Michael Hewitt on September 3, 2010 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Our Northern-most member!

Solomon!

Added by Big Blue's Driver on August 26, 2010 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Lost Creek State Park

We were on our way back from Butte, checking out the Three Bears Alaska store there (what is the deal with that?) when Tater Tot fell asleep. We know the rule about letting sleeping kids lie so we decided to take a side trip along Lost Creek Road up to Lost Creek State Park.…

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Added by whc03grady on August 13, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

300 Members! Have you seen the Member Map?

Have you guys seen the member map function of the site? It's under the "Fellow Bussers" tab. You can put your city on there. This function can be used as a way to help you get camping advice for specific members. It also can help know who is in the area in case you break down. NOTE: you don't need to put an address - you can just put the city if you are comfortable with that.

Think of it as an easy to update AIRS list:…

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Added by Big Blue's Driver on July 28, 2010 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Watch out for this VW bus restoration company - Catch the Bus(t)

I am not sure whether this information will prove useful to you or your readers, but I wanted to share my awful experience of purchasing a fully restored 72 VW camper bus from Catch the Bus out of Alamogordo, NM.

In short, I waited a year, paid $30K and received a pretty but undriveable mechanical nightmare. It was on a tow truck to the local VW mechanic the day it arrived on a shipping truck from the supplier.…

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Added by john katnic on July 23, 2010 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

SUMMER NEWSLETTER: WEBSITE UPDATE AND T-SHIRT CONTEST

Hello VW Camper Family!

It’s been a great spring and summer of VW camping though it’s never enough. I hope that you are using the site to organize events and share photos of your happenings (or, your documenting your attempts to get the ol’ bus back on the road).

WEBSITE UPDATE:

You’ll notice the site no longer has ads! That’s cool! But it’s because we plunked down $180 bucks to keep the community alive. Ning, who hosts our little… Continue

Added by Big Blue's Driver on July 21, 2010 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Any Groups in the East Coast

I am in New Jersey and was looking to see if there was any VW camper groups out this way ??

Added by Andrew B on July 20, 2010 at 10:41am — 9 Comments

Ning and VW Camper Family

VW Camper Family-

Please note that the VW Camper Family website is about to undergo some construction. Everything should be normal on your end but the layout might change over the next few weeks. This is all part of Ning's (the host of this community) plan to make money off of us. There is a plan in action (slow action) to cover us. More about that later. For now, hang in there and keep on using the site to hook up with other campers.

Thanks,
Brett

Added by Big Blue's Driver on July 19, 2010 at 3:27pm — No Comments