Time has come and Burning Man awaits our  arrival !  Shop is closed until
October 04.  Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye  !  Packing today, Ha !  Where does one put all
the "Stuff" needed for  a six week road trip for two and a dog ??  Nooks and
crannies being  discovered as we pack.  Rita, I and dog Joubie are leaving
here tomorrow  morning and heading for Detroit where we meet up with our friend
Ina  with her '87 Westy then we are off toward Chicago, Mt. Rushmore, The
Badlands,  Boulder, Salt Lake City, Black Rock Desert & Burning Man, then down to
Phoenix, over to Carlesbad Caverns, Houston to visit my sister, New Orleans
for you know what, Mississippi to find some Juke Joints, up through Kentucky
and  Tennessee towards Pittsburgh to visit my Mom and sister there, then off to
Watkins Glen for the Westys at Watkins event October 1 ~ 3 then back home,
reopen the shop and work on Vanagons again !
    Anyone along our intended trajectory stick out a  beer or two and the
Titan Red and Dove Blue Westys may stop at your door  !  Hope to see Larry Chase
if he's back in Phoenix when we pass  there.  Karl, looking for you too so get
the beer cold !
    We will have Internet connection via our new  Centrino powered laptop
with Wifi so e-mails will be sent and checked, Vanagon  List monitored and Pics
of our travels posted on the Net for your viewing  pleasure.
    Now back to packing more tools and spare parts  !  The "Real" test of man
and machine is about to begin.  See ya up  the road or at Burning Man !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_
(http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/)  & _CCVWC_
(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in  the Ottawa Valley
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel  Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
or  http://frankcondelli.com