On the plus side, there is a solar panel on the roof of that van. Think
green, buy your ammo in bulk.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:53 PM
Subject: Friday Wal Mart standoff.

> This AM the Dallas Police approached a van camping in a Wal Mart parking
lot
> in Grand Paririe TX (Part of Dallas).
> The van is a Chevy with NM license plates.
> The inhabitants (don't know how many) shot the two policemen that
approached
> the van to check things out.
> This stand off started about 8AM and continues through this noon hour
> without any more shots beingn fired.
> Every time I ever camped (parked the night) in a Wal Mart parking lot I
was
> approached by unsavory characters panhandling or just nosing about not
> knowing that I was in the van.
> I've always considered it just as dangerous as camping the night in truck
> stops or highway rest stops. Florida is the exception in rest stops
because
> they have good security.
>
> Stan Wilder