PSavage  done good!  The SF Bay Area Tail Gate Party started pretty neat and
got better.  I had to leave early [no, it wasn't because the law was in hot
pursuit, they were after BenT] but there were 15 vans there at that time.

I saw the neatest engine substitution I've ever seen, a Subaru 2.2 swap.
Looked like it was made for the place.  Synchros, big wheels and tires [BenT
again, maybe he 'borrowed' the alloys on his van], an automatic with power
everything used as a surfer van.  Very cool, I was jealous, not of the
surfer stuff as I gave that up a  year or two, or 40 ago but the power
stuff.  And more that I didn't get a chance to look at enough.  Specially
Steve's synchro westy, complete with kids.  Way cool.  Two of them had porta
potties, both owned by women, hmmm.  They said something about side of the
road not being OK but it  always worked for me.  Maybe cause one was moving
to LA and the other kites on down to Mexico every year [more on this later]
Mine was the tackiest van there, a deliberate ploy.  If we were attacked by
the van banditos, mine would be the last to go.

I brought a kite and didn't have time to fly it, to busy telling lies...uh,
creative VW stories, and forgot to give it to Phaedra to fly.  Would have
made a good line, 'Well, Phaedra, I've got to go.  Here, you go fly a kite.'
On the other hand she claimed to be an unarmed combat expert and I'm a
coward.

Too bad it wasn't scheduled for next weekend when I supposedly have Saturday
free, but then I was supposed to have this Saturday free.

Worked great Phaedra, thanks again.  Tell me what happened after I left and
make sure Ron posts the pictures.

Mike