Joel, There is no place I'd rather be than Watkins but my 96 year old dad is not well so I'm headed there ASAP. Spent last night at Karl M's in MD. Tonight - who knows. Dake Sent from Wu-Wei on the road
On Sep 14, 2013, at 17:02, Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Dake > Are you making a dog leg to Watkins glen? Westies at Watkins is next weekend. > Joel > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 14, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > >> Ken, >> I'm leaving Maine within the hour headed for Florida. Probably won't stay all winter - I'd miss the snow, wind & sub-zero temps too much. Warm winters are such a foreign concept to me. >> Actually I'm visiting my father & hope to be back in Maine in a month or so. >> >> Perhaps I'll see you along the way. >> >> Dake >> Sent from Wu-Wei on the road >> >> >> On Sep 14, 2013, at 11:30, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote: >> >>> >>> Oh No, Ken, don't leave, I need some parts. >>> Oh well, abandoned in the Northeast again. Just wait 'til summer, then you'll be sorry you left the wonderful (?) and varied change of seasons we have up here:-). Especially in the winter when we need work and do not want to climb under our frozen slush covered undercarriage. >>> >>> Dave B. >>> >>> On 09/14/13, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)<kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >>> >>> I am super busy here in NJ working on Vanagons and Westies for customers. >>> However the dreaded winter is coming and even though I have a heated shop, >>> etc. I really would like to go somewhere that is nice and warm outside >>> during the winter months, yet still help customers and work on Vanagons for >>> them. I had been tossing this idea around in my mind for a few days and >>> trying to figure out how it could happen when I got a call from a customer >>> in Hawaii. He tells me that in Oahu that there are tons of Vanagons and >>> only one trusted mechanic that can work on them. He is super booked up >>> (sounds familiar) so the customer suggested I could come out there and be >>> as busy as I would want to be repairing vans. Of course it is never that >>> simple. I have a wife and four kids so I would need air fare and also a >>> place to stay while I am there and a shop to work out of or use as a home >>> base. >>> >>> I am also thinking that Florida might be a good choice for this idea since >>> all of the motorhomes go south for the winter. >>> >>> I am just putting this idea out there. Anyone on the list give me a way to >>> make my dream of a "no winter", winter actually come to pass? >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> Ken Wilford >>> John 3:16 >>> www.vanagain.com |
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