Dear list,
In a few days, my wife Katherine and I =
will begin
several months
of "dropping out of society," as she =
calls
it. We've given up
work for a while to travel North =
America in an '86
Westy.
Although I had a couple of beetles back =
in the
1980's, and was
real familiar with them (and Muir's =
book), I'd
never even ridden in
a Westy until last winter, when I =
looked at one and
said "this is
the thing for our trip!" To make =
a long story
short, I picked one up
from a list member down in Austin TX, =
drove it back
to St. Louis, and
proceeded to replace a whole bunch of =
stuff.
I've done quit a few mods =
get time (we're moving now), including =
a neat solar
charging system.
There is no way on earth I could have =
done all this
work without the
list. I won't name everybody =
here, but I got
so much help, including
loans of tools and time. This is =
the
adventure of a lifetime for Kate
and me, and it just wouldn't be =
the same
without the list, because
we wouldn't be doing it in a =
Vanagon.
So, thanks, very much. If you =
like, follow
our trip and see my modifications
and trials and tribulations as they are =
posted at
the web address above.
Steve Gough
P.S. I'll be off the list (and on the =
road)
shortly, and won't get replies