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Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:08:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Road Trippin in the New year!
Comments: To: Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <9f4608e91001191012w41ce88b1ib253c86dd175a814@mail.gmail.com>
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Though I know Larry and consider him a friend I have never seen this
particular quote:
>  Echoing the words of the consummate Vanagon traveler, Larry Chase, "Don't
> let your dreams be dreams"
Words to live by..........


Cheers,
Doug


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I heard somewhere that
>
> Yesterday is at best a pleasant memory.
> Tommorow is uncertain.
> Today is a gift.
> That's why they call it the present.
>
> So don't over-plan the trip.  But start today.  A copy of William Least Heat
> Moon's classic, _Blue Highways_ is a very good primer.  If you assume an
> average driving speed of 35mph for a highway trip, you'll get pretty close
> this allows for kiddie stops, gas stops, giggling stops, ogling stops, photo
> stops and such.
>
> Pensionerd.
>
>  Echoing the words of the consummate Vanagon traveler, Larry Chase, "Don't
> let your dreams be dreams"
>






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