I was in the same position, I retired and took a 4month trip after I became
an "ex" It was the best thing I possibly could have done. Meeting the people
in this community gave me a whole new outlook on what seemed like a very
bleak future. Through email I connected with " Benny Boy " at Fort DeSoto
tis was a great intro into the Vanagon community. I wonder how many others
have done the same thing ? I agree with David spending time alone in a
Vanagon really shows you what you need to be happy and what you don't.

Jerry

On 5/11/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote:
>
> While I am sure MY extended Westy tour wasn't quite worth 33 million,
> it was a lifesaving & enriching experience nonetheless. Shortly after
> becoming an 'ex', I took a 3 month long trip that helped me work out
> some of life's valuable lessons. I discovered that nothing is worth
> hanging onto if it causes an ulcer and sleepless nights.
>         I should have renamed my Westy.."Prozac"...
>
>                                                 David
>
> P.S.:. CAUTION: Westy life may lead to addiction, lack of committment
> and taking life seriously.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> >Friday thread?
> >Thomas Butler <thomas_butler@MSN.COM> wrote....
> >I read earlier this week about a member developing and perfecting a 33
> >million dollar idea in his Syncro.  This made me wonder - what else is
> being
> >cooked up in the intensely personal space of a Westy/Vanagon, Syncro or
> >other-wise.  I have written a couple of articles for a regional fishing
> >magazine while sitting at the table in my Syncro Weekender and am working
> on
> >a novel.
> >
> >Anybody else?
> >
>

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover. ~ Mark Twain