Miguel, My daughter Sonia is at burning man - sector 9:30 G - in a silver westy. It's her fourth or fifth time and she says "it's the best week of the year". Sent me a text saying they were in line to get in at 7:30 this morning. I hope your daughter makes it - i'm sure she'll love it. Werner On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:49:32 -0600, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >Well, I should have listened to that little voice in my head, telling >me not to lend her the van, but she's been asking me for eight years >now and she asked so nicely and I love her.....sniff, sniff. They are >fine and it looks like their biggest loss might be a day's worth of >Burning Man. For now their spirits are super high and she tells me >that they've had lots of laughs.....what? Anyone from this community >who wants to pipe in with parts, advice or inspiration, I can be >reached at 970-903-8087. I have already emailed all the local Rescue >Squad guys and I feel pretty damned good about it. It's a bit hard >when it's your daughter, as you might know or imagine. I did welcome >her to the Vanagon way of life. Funny thing......I've lost count of >how many Vanagons I've owned, 2wd and otherwise, and you might have >guessed how many times I took these kids out on Vanagon road trips >(since 1987) and broken down. Zero times. Yup, zero, and the first >time I send her out there with one of the fleet, poof! Of course, some >kind of unforeseen failure may well be the cause, but that doesn't >change the fact that it's Dad 0, Bonni 1! Thanks for any help. >Miguel |
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