Volks,

Had a blast last week in Yosemite/Tuolumne
with the van.

http://tinyurl.com/6ewcx  Syncro & HalfDome
http://tinyurl.com/4gxeu  Parked at the Meadows
http://tinyurl.com/6d562  worn out! :-)
http://tinyurl.com/6o38n  Sunset from above the Wawona Tunnel

We saw probably 20 other vanagons along the way, and
I chatted with a few of the owners..    One guy actually from
Tucson AZ had a nearly identical (cleaner and lower milage
than mine!) 90 syncro.. amazing, there are still a few out there.

Hello Les, (if you're reading this.. I think you're still on the
road though thru summer!)

The universal vanagon wave seems to be the 'peace'
sign or 'thumbs up'  ;-)  could start another thread here I
suppose?

Used the 4wd to back out of a steep campsite (I pulled in
too far)  the rear wheels dug in, so I pulled the decoupler
knob, moved back forward a bit, then just reversed right
out!  Very cool..

   (my wife says that I was lucky.. I told her that luck had
     nothing to do with it!  ;-)

Only real complaint was the marginal cooling/AC system..
we had to keep it under 65mph on the way back across
the desert (Indio to Phoenix)  to keep the A/C from  cycling
off and sweating us out.  One in 'balmy' (110 or so yesterday)
Phoenix, no amout of slowness would help.. (uuugh say
hello to monsoon season!)

  -tim

90 syncro westy
mesa/gilbert AZ