I sure wish I could go with you, Ronnie! Have a great trip! Allan '71 panel van '72 ghia coupe --- Ronnie Hughes <y4s6wd5@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm flying out on Sunday. My plan is to drive back through 12 states, > some 2,000 miles. Per Allan's suggestion, I plan to go through Virginia > and North Carolina drive the Skyline Drive (100 miles) in Shenandoah > National Park (VA) and the Blue Ridge Parkway (470 miles thru VA and > NC). According to the map it's not too far out of the way and if I get > tired of all the beautiful mountains, I can drive west about 20 miles > and hit the interstate. > > I spoke to the shop that is preparing the bus and they should have > everything done by this Friday. Shocks, tires, front brakes & bearings, > flush radiator, replace belts and tune-up. > > I'll be stopping at Lake Texoma for Thanksgiving, then back to Houston > on Saturday. My son that was never really interested in Sparky is > already making plans to take my new bus back to college. I think he has > just about finished reading the book I gave him where the two college > guys drive from Texas to Oregon in a VW van and he thinks that's what he > needs to do next summer;-) > > My listing on EBAY for our GMC conversion van will begin next Saturday. > I hope to get enough to cover the cost of the van and the repairs, plus > some spending money. > > I will take my PC with me and send you guys an update somewhere along > the line. > > Dan, I'll get with you on reinstating my work e-mail so I can write to > the list. > > Ronnie > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Sawyer > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:00 PM > Subject: [tcb] the dark side > > > Just wondering if Ronnie has made it back to Texas with his new > Vanagon. > > > Mark Sawyer > 92 Cabriolet--"Abby" > 84 Vanagon Westy--"Roxanne" > 70 Karmann Ghia Vert--"Dorothy" (soon to be running) > 70 Type 1 Vert--"Vern" (still in pieces) > 69 Type 3 Fastback--"Earnest" (also in pieces) > Texas Coalition of Busses (TCB) > North Houston VW Club (NHVWC) > Huntsville Organization of Busses (HOBO) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com