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Date:         Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:58:31 -0600
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      keep your eyes out for a yellow Riviera!
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Hi folks,

Well, I've finally got some email access after a week in the Tetons and Yellowstone! Where Matilda has performed in exemplary fashion, gotten up the hills at a dignified and respectable pace, and even the fridge worked during the delightfully sunny days. And she didn't get scared of the grizzlies, or of the bison who walked right by us on the road, or the baby moose that walked past in the campground, or anything.

I met two Scottish ladies in a yellow '77 Riviera conversion a couple of days ago, and just thought I'd alert you to keep your eyes out for them. They bought the bus in Washington a few weeks ago on e-bay, and have been heading east in it. They'll be traveling another couple of months, then hope to take the bus back to Scotland with them. I gave them some useful websites in case they need help, and the names of a few people to look up if they find themselves in Michigan. Their bus has 158K on the original engine - hopefully things will hold up for them!

And Greg, I encouraged them to go to Buses in the Corn - their bus is just the right color, too!

They were great fun, a riot to hang out with. Their names are Grace and Julie - if you come across them, please do introduce yourselves!

Joy

p.s. "Ladies" is slightly tongue-in-cheek! I'm sure they'd laugh to hear themselves described that way. But their accent is thick enough to cut with a knife, and somehow it seemed the right appellation for them.

**************************************************************** Joy Hecht and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures: http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

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