We'll commonly wander up a dirt road a bit to spend the night.  Just enough
to get out of the view of traffic.  I've always had a hard time with this
technique in Southern California.  Too darned crowded.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "BRENT CHRISTENSEN" <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Any secrets for staying awake at the wheel?(little vanagoncon
tent)

> This thread about staying awake reminded me of a story supposedly about
> Winston Churchill.  It is said that he never actually slept for any great
> period of time during the war, but would rather doze off in a comfortable
> chair with his pocket watch in his hand.  When he zonked out completely,
his
> hand would open, the watch would drop, and he would awake refreshed and
> ready for battle.
>
> I have found that short naps like that will do wonders, and don't take too
> long. (In fact if I doze for more than about 15 minutes, it makes me too
> groggy to continue) The trick is that it usually takes longer to find a
> safe-looking spot for the nap than the actual nap itself.  :-)
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA