Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:16:28 -0700
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE and ...
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What? Jealous? Never! Ha ha. (says he who is stuck working 6 "days" a week)
The pic of the lads certainly schmecked of a time past. I'm sure they
will have a great time and build some character along the way.
But as seasoned VW camper/Westfalia/Vanagon peeps, (does under 50
qualify?) we will enjoy adventures in a different way.
Neil.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:37 AM, pdooley<psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> Very nice, Roger.
>
> I guess many of us are living vicariously through these lads.
> Some are probably jealous:)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Roger Whittaker
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:26 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE and ...
>
> Breaking News
> Dateline Reporter
> Six Guys in a van are attracting the interest of the Vanagon Community this
> weekend as they set out for what might well be a cross country adventure.
> Hearkening back to the old days when we sat on our porches, camped over
> night in our back yards and generally hung about in dark places to catch a
> glimpse of the latest Russian or American satellite, these plucky young boys
> have rekindled an age once thought forgotten. Unlike early space travelers
> our Intrepid Six find a host of ready helpers on-hand when ever there is
> breakdown or a mechanical mishap. Tow trucks and Vanagon Rescue Squads
> gather like goodwill foragers, ready to assist the weary and out of fuel or
> tired and flat.
> Thousands of miles lay out before the boys who will certainly not be the
> same lads they were. Changes will occur daily and deed by the moment as
> lifetime friendships, resentments and fortunes are forged on the anvil of
> close quarters and long days of disappointing despair and unfathomable joy.
> There is no way to know what sort of men these fellows would be cast as if
> they had never set out but we can be sure of certain facts. They have set
> out and by doing so have changed the height of their own shadow forever.
> Godspeed boys. As a community of your peers cheer your coming of age and
> your spirit.
>
--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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