I'm back !  Rita and I got in here Friday  afternoon from our sojourn to
EveryBus.  Good time was had by all and the  Canadian contingency was
overwhelming.  No Ben however.  Everyone was  asking "Where's Ben ? "  Benny Boy where
were you ?  Lots of buses of  all ages and good deals on parts.  I brought back
way too much stuff and  Rita was complaining of the odour and space loss but
that's how she goes !   We headed over to Aseteaque Island for a few days of
watching the surf roll in,  wild ponies roam and relaxing before heading for
home.  So that's the  reason for the late arrival.  A few minor problem as usual,
a flat tire on  the way down in Harrisonburg, VA.  Seems we ran over some
sharp object and  found the tire flat in the parking lot after visiting the local
Crutchfields with our travelling partner, Gerry, who went there to get a
Sirius radio.  Gerry's 12 volt air compressor and the local  Wal-Mart solved the
problem. Then when starting up to leave Hagen-Stone  Park Sunday around noon I
notice a gas smell, look under the bus and see gas  dripping in the vicinity
of the fuel pump.  Turns out a hole in the body of  the pump was to blame.
After a quick tour of the few campers left, no fuel  pumps were to be found.  A
quick Mcguiver moment, as Karl watched, with a  hose clamp and a piece of
plastic cut from an oil bottle solved the  problem.  Karl, there was no more
leaking and the patch is still holding,  yahoo !
    Anyone that's been trying to get in touch with me  I'm back here now
trying to answer all the e-mail and phone messages.  If I  don't get to you, get
back to me please.
    Anyone with a Yahoo account, Malcolm Stebbins in  particular, I cannot
e-mail you.  AOL and Yahoo are having some kind of  disagreement and AOL is not
allowing mail to Yahoo accounts.  Malcolm, I  will try to phone you on Monday.
    Now back to the Vanagon wars !

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