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Westies at Watkins III - October 1/2/3, 2004 By Joel Cort - jcort@rochester.rr.com The first week-end in October has been the set aside for the Westies at Watkins campout held at Watkins Glen, New York. This year was the third year that the camping event was organized in collaboration with the racetrack events at Watkins Glen International Racetrack. The campout continues to improve year after year. This year, an entire section of the Watkins Glen State Park was reserved for the VW campers, away from other large motor homes but also away from electricity. We were able to be closer together and congregate around a large communal campfire. Almost all campers made the trip on Friday which was a beautiful sunny day making the fall colors even more vibrant and distinct. The leaves were just starting to turn along with the contrast of the big blue Seneca Lake, the trip through the rolling hills provided spectacular scenery of New York's Finger Lakes region. |
When we arrived at the
campground, some hardy campers already had established their campsites. We
were welcomed by a high flying Canadian flag at the Condelli site. We
cheerfully greeted each other and were glad to see Frank make this event
the last stop on his six week cross-country ordeal. We quickly set up camp
and gathered around the welcoming fire as the chill of the evening was
setting in. We spent the cold evening huddled around a communal campfire, enjoying some mulled wine, compliments of Binns from Rochester. We also enjoyed stories from Frank & Rita about their adventuresome travels of the past six weeks, the friends they met along the way and attending the Burning Man Festival in the desert of Nevada. I shared stories and pictures from my recent worldly travels to Brazil, Russia and Austria. Others talked about their Diesel or Subaru engine conversions or how to cherry-out their vans. Some beautiful examples of VW vans were on hand. At my count there were 20 vans at the campground. Examples of camper conversions from Winnebago, Westfalia, ASI Riviera and AdventureWagen. However, we missed the presence of any split-screen vans and last year's Rialta camper conversion. |
Westies at Watkins '04
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