Hey, fellows & fellowettes,
     I just got back from a rock climbing trip to Joshua Tree National Park
this weekend.  The climbing was great, as usual, but more importantly I saw
tons of VW vans in the area.  Lots of old buses (full of dirty hippy climber
rats), old westfalias, air-cooled vanagons and a really great syncro with the
coolest brush bars I've seen yet.  I looked around for the owner, but saw no
one.  License plate said '7circles' or something.  Nice vehicle.  Dig the
hardware up front.
     Didn't get to talk to anyone - too much time spent looking for the
non-existant camping spots, ended up in a really crappy motel that night.
Pity, it would be my climbing buddy's first night camping in the vanagon.
The motel was actually fun, because an antique motorcycle club was staying
there.  Saw a guy with a '29 Harley, and a bunch of old Indian hardtails, too.
     That was my last trip to J-tree, since I'm moving to Florida next week.
I guess I'll be retiring the gear for a while.  This way, I can devote more
time to my van.  Yippee.
     Enough rambling.

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico that ran 970 miles this weekend
Phoenix AZ