Hey all, Today traveling down Route 17 in mid-Virginia on my way to a class, I came upon a white Vanagon. He was in the right lane and I was in the left lane, preparing to pass him. From a distance the only weird thing I notice is that there is a yellow lamp on the roof, not flashing, just a steady yellow lamp. Then I get closer and see the rectangular German license plate (with German flag on the left part of the plate) and notice that the Vanagon has large letters & numbers on the door. I don't remember exactly what it said, seems something like GDM-19 or something similar, not sure exactly what the letters were. Then I notice the trucks in front of it. Turns out that this Vanagon is part of a convoy of GERMAN MILITARY VEHICLES (well, a very short convoy) that for some reason are driving through Virginia. The military vehicles were your typical really big trucks with canvas on the back, trucks painted olive green and camoflauge canvas, each truck had the rectangular German license plate. I waved at the Vanagon driver but he didn't wave back, maybe they don't do that in Germany :-) . The Vanagon was a water-cooled model, I can only guess that it was Euro-spec, it had the rectangular headlights. I don't know what these guys were doing here, invasion maybe? ;-) Maybe Helmut has something to do with it ;-) Sean -- ***************************************************************** Sean Bartnik "Life is tough, sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu but it's tougher if you're stupid." '81 Vanagon Westy --John Wayne Fahrvergnugen really means "push harder." http://www.mwc.edu/~sbart7kb/myvan.htm *****************************************************************
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