Mike Miller,

What happened to the fire dancing girls? Has Jean mellowed you out in your
old age? What food? I didn't know beer was food.

Did everyone see my yellow Bundepost Doublecab? Handles very well but hard
to drive. =)

BenT

On 2/18/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>
> Volks,
>
> bURNINGvAN four, or so.
>
>
>
> As usual the entire known universe showed up. OK, most of the universe.
> Some? OK, OK, there were about a dozen or so vans. The weather was
> wonderful, best ever. Really [as Dave Berry says, this is not made up]
>
> Along with food, drink, a fair amount of dry wood and a magnesium engine
> case, donated by Valley Wagon Works of San Rafael, CA. We weren�t sure at
> first whether it was magnesium or not but as the ever resourceful Eldon
> was
> there he clobbered it until a chunk broke off. The chunk was thrown into
> the
> fire. It was magnesium. Really, we�re now sure. So are ships several miles
> out to sea, everyone on the beach [Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA] near
> the
> beach, looking in the beach�s direction  from as much as a mile or so
> away,
> or just driving by. We�re really, really sure that Paul of Valley Wagon
> Works was correct when he told us it was magnesium.
>
> I believe the word I�m looking for is bright, as in BRIGHT.
>
> Oh, my.
>
> Anyway we had a great time lying about our Vanagon gas mileage, actual,
> projected, theoretical and hypothetical. Along with reliability and
> comfort
> of course. Planning next year�s extravaganza took a bunch of time too.
>
> �Gonna have it again next year?�
>
> �Yup�
>
> �Great�
>
> Then we ate and drank and laughed until all hours.
>
> And admired the bright, blinding flames.
>
>
>
> Thanks, Paul.
>