Sounds like a good time. Enjoy your new ride, and congrats! Neil.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Tam Woodrum <twoodrum@mac.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'll officially be a westfalia vanagon (1990) owner on April 14th. I > am picking it up from Pop Top Heaven in Yucaipa CA and driving it back > across the country (I live in CT) on a "rolling meditation" camping > vacation. > > Since I'll have a newly rebuilt engine, I'm going to need to stop > along the way for a valve adjustment/oil change. I'm keeping my > fingers crossed on landing somewhere along the way where there's a > good vanagon mechanic willing to do a quick turnaround. > > I've found roadhaus.com but would like other ideas about how to find > good mechanics (and good samaritans) along the way. > > I'm bringing my Mac and have a Verizon wireless broadband card so I'll > have web access. I'm going to do an online travelog with pics so stay > tuned! > > Also, if any of you have suggested scenic routes to take on the way > back, drop me a line! > > Kind regards, > > Tam > > 1990 Westfalia - name tbd (considering "Phaedrus") >
-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
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