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| | | 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6 stranger | OP stranger Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6 | Hi Everyone,
I need some advice from the experts! I really want to go to the Nats this year. This will be my first since 1982 (I was 10!) and it is only about a half hour from where I was born and raised! The problem is that I can't make it all the way from Northern California with my van (time off, slow roll, etc.). The website says you can't get in without a van, or riding in with someone.
I'm curious to know your thoughts on whether I'd have a problem getting in, how I can get in, and will I be okay to camp on my own without a van, etc.? I suppose I could rent a uHaul van, but that isn't very appealing for obvious reasons. Another option I'd be happy to do is cover registration for anyone willing to have me ride in with them.
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated!
@redwood_van 1978 E-100
| | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | I suppose I could rent a uHaul van, but that isn't very appealing for obvious reasons. Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated! You'll need a van. Every Nats I've been to has had a hand full of rental vans in attendance. U-Haul, Home Depot, Penske, etc.... No shame attached. Many vanners have done this when their vans were under construction or being rebuilt. Vanners from over seas sometimes do this as well. People fly in, rent a van, go by Wal-mart or Cabelas (for a cheap cooler, an air mattress, beer, bread and bologna ) and drive in. It can be uncomfortable in the summer heat but no worse than camping anywhere else that time of year. AND you'll be among the best people on earth.
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| | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 |
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 |
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6 stranger | OP stranger Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 6 | I'm resigning myself to the rental van option and starting to scope out the trip based on that.
@redwood_van 1978 E-100
| | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 Old Timer | Old Timer Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,696 Likes: 172 |
Jim & Lucy Newkirk 1965 Chevy Bad Influence 1981 Chevy-the Love Shack 2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van 2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet. Club Vannerz. vanninvanner@comcast.net | | | Re: 2018 Nats - Question(s) | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 old hand | old hand Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 793 | Minivan is a nice rental option - and a full size air mattress fits just right in a town & country with all the rear seats down. CYA There!
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