Forum: Fond or Funny Westy Memories

Do you remember your first camping trip? How old you were?

Some years ago, I was in Canyon de Chelle, in Arizona, at the tribal camprground. I Had been in there a couple of days already and as we Westy owners...

Oh my aching back! I guess not funny at the time, but we laugh about it now. My wife and I drove down to Florida from Chicago, a few days before...

Great & Not-So-Great Camp Meals. Have you ever read Patrick McManus's books on camping? Beside's doing serious injury to yourself from laughing...

When I still had the '79 Type II Westy, we were homebound out of Alaska & NW Canada in early September. We camped in the Jasper NP (northern Canadian...

:rolleyes: My wife is a smart aleck. Our first trip, when the '90 4x4 Westy was brand new, was to the northern parts of MI, WI & MN. In the far...

My cousin Bobbie tells this true story that was later published in the News & Observer by Dennis Rogers. Chipmunk Chase Anyone who has done...

First trip in my 87, did a 1100 mi and no problem, not even a leak (Oil, Gas or coolant), she didn't take a drip of oil (maybe a 1/4!!!) or coolant ...

Just thought I would share a little mistake I made with my westy. Kinda funny but it wasn't at the time, at least the wife didn't think it was. We...

Hi everyone, I'm a Westy owner wannabe who *loves* reading Westy travel stories on the web. Do you know of any good ones (maybe your own?) that you...

And you want to know why! This story was edited and reposted below.

Many years ago, with Westy #1 (a '73), we headed into a section of NW Maine called the North Maine Woods. This is a huge collection of private and...

I will have to cancel my Westy membership as I was in the floods at the Kruger Park on February 7th this year and unfortunately our VW Microbus with...

A quote from our daughter in reference to our 1978 Westfalia (living for the past year and a half at her grandfather's house): "When we move by...

I decided to restore yet another VW. This time a beautifully painted '76 Westfalia. Original chrome-yellow color, but had to break up the monotony...

Do you know the difference between a fairy tale & a sea story? The fairy tale starts out, "Once apon a time . . ." while a sea story starts out, "Now...