> One thing I've really noticed lately is I seem to be the only VW bus
> on the
> road these days. I have not passed a VW camper since the Buses By
> the Depot
> last fall. Really. I have seen 1 parked Vanagon in that time.  Gone
> are the
> discussions from this list like "Hey, why don't the loaf drivers
> wave at us
> Vanagon owners?". There doesn't seem to be anybody to wave at. Yeah,
> I'm
> getting a little melancholy.
>
> So the question is, does anybody still drive a Vanagon (or loaf) as
> a daily
> driver out there? What are you doing with those vans? Are there
> people here
> that (gulp) just use the van for camping?  I could never understand
> that
> one.  Are there places besides CA where there are some VW vans left
> or are
> most parts of the country as vanless as SE PA?

try living in Tookalooka, Amabala.
there are TWO vanagons that run around town. one is me and my 91, the
other (same color, actually)
is a kid and his 88, with a personal plate what sez "Hi Dere". and he
works at circuit city. or used to. ;) anyway, he's a college kid so
what does he know? :) there's ONE splittie bus ... another college
kid. maybe a professor ... it's hard to tell these days. and TWO
breadloafs, and i know the driver of one of those ... he's still stuck
at my old workplace. :)

and how often do i see them? never. used to see Darren and his
breadloafs almost every day at work, but now i is retarred, so i don't
go there no more. !!! :)  i think the last time i saw "a bus" in this
town was back in december (when i was still working).

according to my VIN database (from the selling ads on the internet ...
the ones that put the VIN in it, anyway), ALL the buses are in
california, oregon, washington, with a couple of rusty ones down in
florida. :( oh, sure, every now and then one or two escape ... slip
through the fence or go over the wall ... and make it to nevada or
arizona or some other place, but it's kinda rare. i think it's like
the agriculture inspection stations: california won't let you IN with
fruits and vegetables, and they won't let you OUT with a vw bus. go
figure.

unca joel