Date:         Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:37:11 -0600
Reply-To:     Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: To Flathead Lake!
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4C4F850E.4020008@gmail.com>
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Mr. Squirrel,

Have a great trip-we will mis-use!

In the mean time, we will be saving up all our bad squirrel jokes,
etc. for you when you get back to reality, I mean the list.

If by chance MY wonders too far south, you have a driveway to crash in
in Utah.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-Bon voyage


On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Volks,
>
> I'll be heading out of here early Wednesday morning to drop Mrs
> Squirrel
> off at Redmond airport then heading east by northeast to Flathead
> Lake,
> Montana. I'm going to be taking two night to get there, the better to
> enjoy camping along the way, maybe a bit of kayaking if I can find a
> nice tame flat lake to poot around in.
>
> I had my local mechanic, Steve of Steve's Place in Bend, give the
> van a
> pre-trip checkout, change the oil, tap on things. I know many of you
> guys do your own servicing and would not trust a stranger to do the
> work. I'm not as skilled as yinz, don't have the tools or place to do
> the work, don't "feel" mechanical things very intuitively, so I rely
> on
> others for a lot of the work.
>
> I have a good spare tire, a printout of the relevant pages of the
> Vanagon Rescue Squad, a functional triple-A "Plus" membership card,
> and
> some beer cooling in the Vitrifrigo. The Westrailia is packed with the
> kayak strapped on top. I reckon I'm about as ready as I can be.
>
> I will be away from the Internet, mainly. The cabin has dial-up
> service
> only. I know you'll all miss me, but buck up: I'll be back.
>
> In the meantime, here's this:
>
> Giraffe walks into a bar. "The highballs are on me," he says.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR