Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:56:33 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: bURNINGvAN
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Wow I didnšt know that!
Cool.
Mike
On 10/1/06 11:34 PM, "BenT Syncro" <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/1/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>> Yeah. Like there IS any information on bURNINGvAN. If anyone knows anything
>> please tell Eldon, BenT or I cause we'd really like to know.
>>
>> Dazed and Confused in California, or is that redundant?
>>
>> Mike
>
> Go get 'em Mikey.
>
> Brian, we don't want to let you down if you are confusing bURNING vAN with
> Burningman. BM was coincidentally founded near where we hold BV. BM was at
> Baker Beach. BV is at Ocean Beach. Both in San Francisco.
>
> This is really a small winter Vanagon event that Mike Miller and I use as an
> excuse to get together with some of the guys over the winter months when there
> are typically no VW car shows or events going on. We usually start late in the
> afternoon and have a huge bonfire to cap the evening. Some of the fires have
> gotten so big that many other beachgoers migrated to our fire. One winter we
> handed the fire over to a couple of dozen Catholic school girls looking to get
> into trouble. I think that was when Eldon took what must have been 100 feet of
> redwood fencing he had just taken down and used it for fuel. We had a
> firedancer on one event. She was attracted by the 12-foot tall fire from our
> bonfire. There's fire juming that night too. Ouch! We've had people wanting to
> make their own fires end up in our event. One night this smaller group dragged
> their giant tree stumps that they were planning to use in their own "bad-ss"
> fire. They figured their tree trunls could not rival our humungous fire so
> might as well join in. Yes, we've had crazy guys doing things which aren't so
> kosher such as using accelerants and flammable metals.... that's another
> story. I plead the 5th. Anyway, it's cool to drop in if you're in the
> neighborhood. I wouldn't drive crosscountry just for this. SyncroMog does show
> up on occasion. There is also a red Testarossa which comes in sometimes.
>
> BenT
>
> Van-O-Rama #7 is coming on the Saturday after Labor Day.
>
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