[Pandahead]

https://dry-flush.com/

Thought about van life through the pandemic, what if scenario that international travel is out for the foreseeable future, maybe a winnibego is a substitute. Then started watching you tube. First off didn’t realize you can’t legally park and sleep in this thing except on crown land, provincial parks, private property with permission. then this is Canada , a great country and guiding light for social equity, tolerance, and democracy in this world right now, but there’s 4 good warm months. Then realized production quality fading, on these things, problems, maintenance, repaired, and the toilette, smells, garbage, couped up with the better half, etc, not to mention, there not cheap. Especially a little room your soon staring at couple of hundred G’s. oh and that back door open into a beautiful vista, mountains, beach, ocean, old sequoia, is an illusion. Most say your looking at a trash can, gravel, just trying to stay away from folks and have quiet night. You see rv honesty photos, here what I’m really looking at…
so everyone get vaccinated , boosted, lets get this thing covid under control. I hope travel without risk is possible one year again.

Similar situation here in Germany. A couple of my colleagues are into camper vans, (and I have an old VW T1 „splitscreen“, but not the camper version). We looked into getting a „Kastenwagen“ conversion, something with three berths, kitchenette and shower room for spontaneous weekend trips to the mountains etc.. We got close to buying a Pössl. Then came the epiphany:

- Even in the pandemic, it’s easier to find a hotel room than a camping pitch. You “spontaneously” have to book weeks in advance.
- The typical campsite is like a “Kleingartenverein”.
- You can’t actually ever use the shower, because the humidity gets into the structure of the vehicle and rots it. The “bathroom” is actually an “emergency toilet”. You use the grotty public facilities on the campsite.
- These things are pigs to drive.
- Van conversions aren’t suitably insulated for winter use (and your water tank freezes up).
- You have to pay for a parking space for the winter. This is generally outside, so the van deteriorates and depreciates.
- There is as much maintenance as on a 45-foot yacht. And the heads are fun to clean out.
- Finally, I calculated how many flights and hotel nights the purchase price will buy (minus resale value after five years). We can always spontaneously book a hotel room in the Harz mountains, and go there in style…

15 states and 28,000 miles so far during COVID-19. In Florida we've had 4 days of cool weather this year, so staying cool is the issue!

 

[Pandahead]

Just don't forget the closed back cans!

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

After eyeing them for nearly 7 years, I bought the akg k812 and plan to review them in some detail when they arrive

 

[dhcarquinez]

... I have an old VW T1 „splitscreen“, but not the camper version)…

That is a beauty! In the '80s we called them VW vans or buses (from micro-bus), and '67 or older were "split windows". I rode from the SF Bay Area to Homer, Alaska twice, in 2 different early '60s models. Here are my pals and their buses in California; I rode in the blue and red ones. All 3 made multiple trips up the Al-Can Hwy from the lower-48.

In the later '80s I owned a '68 Westphalia camper version (first year of the single windshield, small square poptop). 50 hp, maybe, and could go 65mph on level ground. The pedal was very often to the metal! Aside from living in it for months at a time on a couple occasions, we also drove it from the Bay Area to Colorado, Wisconsin (GD Alpine Valley '89), upstate NY (wife's hometown), Maine, and back. Not quickly, but we made it, including "The Loneliest Road in America" Hwy 50 across Nevada. I don't miss it, it was a tin can death trap, but it carries fond memories.

 

[US Blues]

That is a beauty! In the '80s we called them VW vans or buses (from micro-bus), and '67 or older were "split windows". I rode from the SF Bay Area to Homer, Alaska twice, in 2 different early '60s models. Here are my pals and their buses in California; I rode in the blue and red ones. All 3 made multiple trips up the Al-Can Hwy from the lower-48.


In the later '80s I owned a '68 Westphalia camper version (first year of the single windshield, small square poptop). 50 hp, maybe, and could go 65mph on level ground. The pedal was very often to the metal! Aside from living in it for months at a time on a couple occasions, we also drove it from the Bay Area to Colorado, Wisconsin (GD Alpine Valley '89), upstate NY (wife's hometown), Maine, and back. Not quickly, but we made it, including "The Loneliest Road in America" Hwy 50 across Nevada. I don't miss it, it was a tin can death trap, but it carries fond memories.

Alpine Valley '89 were good shows, congrats!

 

[hearditontheX]

Dated, but of interest to coffee lovers, https://dailycoffeenews.com/2021/03/18/kona-labeling-class-action-settlements-reach-13-1-million/ . Be sure to check your kona to make sure its truly 100% kona.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Thanks for the tip. Off to Honolulu tomorrow.

 

[Whazzzup]

Yikes Covid cases spiking in Honolulu.

 

[RCBinTN]

GD Alpine Valley '89

Sweet

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Trying to stay outside as much as possible.

 

[SuperRoo]

Those UV rays look a little bit rough. I'd suggest sheltering inside.

 

[jsiegel14072]

Those UV rays look a little bit rough. I'd suggest sheltering inside.

Good Idea for Covid Sterilization! And you get tropical winds as a side benefit!

 

[Whazzzup]

Don’t get me wrong id take Hawaiian heat over Canada freeze, it’s beautiful but no palm trees. No people tho so that works for the pandemic

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Went to the Coffee Gallery on the north shore for a smoothie and pastries - skipped their coffee - better to get my quad espresso at the curb in Kaimuki.

This shaving cream is utterly absurd.

 

[liamo]

So absurd they put it on a pastry!