> hi all: > > What a week. The lovely '82 deisel westy we bought just 7 months ago > and have treated like a 3rd child is in really bad shape. Oil light > came on at idle the other day and after much panic and dealing with > our wonderful mechanic we realized that the engine is going. I still > have hope that the person we bought it from will help us through > this, but for now, we are westy-less. > > The broken dream part of this equation is that we have been saving > like mad to go on a family vacation in February down to the Baja. We > were going to camp the whole way down and while there, of course. I > don't think we'll be able to take the westy, even if the previous > owner does help us fix it, because I'm not sure I feel ok about > taking an unproven engine down all that way (we're from Canada) with > the two small kids. > > The new dreams part is a real stretch, but I thought I'd throw it out > there: we are 4, 2 small kids 1 and 3.5. We can't afford motels. > When we get to the Baja, we can tent camp. Anyone along the way > interested in meeting us and putting us up? We would be quiet like > mice and unlike mice, we wouldn't expect to be fed. We were going to > be travelling in the month of February, one week down, two weeks > there, one week back. > > Crazy, huh? I just had to ask though. In a few years, when we do > have a reliable westy, i am going to be planing a cross Canada > "friend of a friend" tour as a learning experience for our kids (and > us). Maybe I could learn some from this model, though I will be > intruding on folks more than I would in a westy. > > Take care > > Christa ---------------------------------------------- Christa M. Ovenell Guest Services Manager The Vineyard at Bowen Island Vineyard phone: (604) 947-0028 Vineyard fax: (604) 947-0693 Home phone: (604) 947-2642 Home fax: (604) 947-0188 email: <tcopley@sfu.ca> www: http://www.vineyard.com/ ---------------------------------------------- |
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