The guy who owns Bitterroot Bugs was kinda rough when we were towed to his place in October, 2008. The Westy (GoHaus) stopped going and was in an unacceptable spot for a non-moving house (about 15 miles off the highway in the National Forest outside Glacier NP). We were towed there on a Friday, getting there in the early afternoon. He said that he wouldn't be able to even look at it till the following Tuesday. He was up to his ears (he said) working on that orange bus. One of his workers gave me a hand for a while, and with help from Jeff and Wally Schwaia, we were able to track down the problem as a loose ground on the ECU. The shop owner, meanwhile, turned out to be fairly talkative. He was a mechanic in Haight Ashbury back in the "Summer of Love", and (at least to his story) worked on the vans of several of the famed and notorious rock stars. Quite a history. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Bob Stevens |Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:50 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: trip out west/Glacier NP | |Some photo's at the link to give testament to the condition of the road. |Those poor |workers were doing their duty right on the edge of a very steep precipice, |as you can |see, and it was drizzling that particular day. The delay was about 13 |minutes as there |was only one lane open. Incredible scenes even from just the road. |http://www.flickr.com/photos/syncronaut/sets/72157624523363883/ |That orange bus is in excellent shape if anyone here is interested. Located |just |outside the park in Bitteroot. | |bob | |On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> |wrote: | |> Sounds like a terrific trip! Glad you had a good time. |> |> Stephen |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |
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