After 3,900 miles of meandering from Virginia, we arrived in San Diego
having only seen 1 bus and 1 Vanagon along the way.  Of course within a few
hours of being in San Diego, we have seen an additional 6 Vanagons and
those are not even the ones going to Baja.  Amazing to this East Coast guy.

I have always heard how great the weather is in San Diego and if today is
any indication, everything I have heard is correct.  Just beautiful!

Only minor issues along the way:  Have brand new Hankook tires but pickled
up a nail somewhere before we hit gravel roads in Big Bend so had a slow
leak which is now fixed.  Hundreds and hundreds of gravel roads in Alaska
without any windshield damage last summer/early fall and as luck would have
it, a truck threw a rock on a paved highway somewhere in Texas and chipped
the windshield on the passenger side.  Called my insurance company to see
if they would help and it turns out my policy is so old that I have no
deductible and they will repair/replace at no charge so will do that after
the Baja trip.  And the rear window washer line broke in the top opening
for the rear hatch---bought a piece of clear tubing at a hardware store and
slipped it over both ends of the break and we are back in business and will
think about a better fix when we arrive back home.

Meet the Baja bound group at about 7:15 in the morning for the trip which
should be wonderful and a great opportunity to put faces with names.

Harold & Faye

Harold Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA