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From pane 22

several months touring
and sleeping in a split-
window VW van —

with four other others.

Sure, it was cramped, even
with nwo in a tent. but the
ability we had to stop wher-
ever we saw something of
interest, to stay as long as we
wanted, to sleep anywhere in
a pinch has always stayed
with me. My mother thinks 1
inherited her father’s wan-
derlust — 1 think it has more
to do with not liking crowds.

Tn any event, the prospect
of Seattle in the summer
failed to appeal until the idea
of making the trip by RV
became a reality with the
help of the North Shore’s
only RV rental company, Go
West Campers International
Ld.

| had promised my son,
Michael, a trip to Safeco
Field to see the Seattle
Mariners’ new home field.
With an RV at our disposal a
quick round trip and an
overnight in some cheap
motel became something far
more special.

‘Go West kindly prepped
our temporary new home the
afternoon before we were
actually due to leave. So
when we went down to shoot
some photos for the News
we were able to get checked
out right afterwards, stock up
with essentials (soda, chips

“and candy are three essential
food groups most
teenagers} and hit “the road

‘that evening instead of the
following morning.

Memories of my old VW
faded fast as we contemplat-
ed the vast amount of space
in the 24-foot Triple E Regal

-we borrowed for the photo
shoot. Two double beds, one
at the rear and one in the cab

., over the driver plus a fold cut
“couch would make sleeping
two adults and two children
very casy. When we switched
to the smaller 20-footer. we
would actually take to Seattle
there was no sense of being
more cramped, although the
loss of the rear double bed
(there were .two puil-outs
instead) meant that [ had to
endure’ three nights of
Michael’s pleading to be
allowed to sleep in the cab-
over double bed.

Mod .cons- included a
decent. sized fridge with a
small freezer compartment, 2
four-burner stove-top and a
flushing toilet in a compart-
ment that doubled as a stand-
up shower. Microwaves come
with the larger RVs and all
are wired for cable inputs if

- you must take along your
TV., (Michael, an addict,
never mentioned its absence
once in three days on the
road.).Renters can opt for a
sheets/towels/bedding
package as well as a kitchen
package that is fairly compre-
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We headed for the Peace
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mentally ran through all the
things | shandd have brought
along, First and foremost was
a notarized fetter from his
mother, with whom he lives,
approving our fitthe journey.
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cate addresses rang alarm
bells and it was off for a ses-

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