wetwillie05
11-12-2006, 06:10 AM
My wife and I just got back from a 2-week trip to California and we scored the most amazing adventure. Instead of taking the normal route, renting a car and moteling along the route, we opted for the rental of a VW camper bus. What a cool way to go!
We found this little company that rents restored Westphalia campers and sets ‘em up for easy travel, equipped so well that we only needed to add food and our personal gear. They even gave us a bundle of firewood!
The state campgrounds in California are pretty evenly spaced around the state, and most are very well equipped so we always had fresh water, toilet facilities and even many have hot showers. Oh yeah, and most of 'em are WIFI!
<http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/>
We owned a VW camper bus back on the 80’s when we traveled all over the place with our kids and saw the sights through the big bus windows. A real retro-trip doing it again, and we didn’t have to worry about keeping the thing maintained ourselves.
We made so many new friends, who attracted to the camper’s great condition, shared their adventures in VW bus’s. We met some of the nicest people! For example, check this Blog from a couple from Switzerland: <http://susienzo.blog.20minutes.fr/>
We totally recommend giving this a try if you are going out to the West Coast.
They are: Vintage Surfari Wagons in Mission Viejo, Ca. Really nice, helpful people.
www.vwsurfari.com
Just wanted to share our neat discovery.
Chuck
We found this little company that rents restored Westphalia campers and sets ‘em up for easy travel, equipped so well that we only needed to add food and our personal gear. They even gave us a bundle of firewood!
The state campgrounds in California are pretty evenly spaced around the state, and most are very well equipped so we always had fresh water, toilet facilities and even many have hot showers. Oh yeah, and most of 'em are WIFI!
<http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/>
We owned a VW camper bus back on the 80’s when we traveled all over the place with our kids and saw the sights through the big bus windows. A real retro-trip doing it again, and we didn’t have to worry about keeping the thing maintained ourselves.
We made so many new friends, who attracted to the camper’s great condition, shared their adventures in VW bus’s. We met some of the nicest people! For example, check this Blog from a couple from Switzerland: <http://susienzo.blog.20minutes.fr/>
We totally recommend giving this a try if you are going out to the West Coast.
They are: Vintage Surfari Wagons in Mission Viejo, Ca. Really nice, helpful people.
www.vwsurfari.com
Just wanted to share our neat discovery.
Chuck