Ben,

May the wind be at your back for both the going out and the coming in.

Wish I could join you.

Naaah! You don't want other company along when you have your  lovely
Sylvia as a travel companion.

Good Journey!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver,
Chelsea, AL

Benny boy wrote:
> We all (well most of us) know the feeling when packing the van.. taking care
> of stuff at home wile we are not there, buying food, close, gadjet... saying
> goodbye to friend and familly. Filling the tank...
>
> Since a few days i was still not sure of making that trip to Mexico (death
> in the family + Sylvia finishing her thesis), now, since about 4pm today...
> it's a GO! Sylvia, my girlfriend since 2 years, and for sure my last one...
> is almost crying tonight... she want to hit the road!!! It's her first real
> big road trip...
>
> I like that feeling more than anything else i can think of...
>
> That is why I left a good job to fix Westy... i love those frigging van.
>
> So that it for me for a wile, i'll let you talk about tire and coolant
> bleeding... he he he.
>
> You are a good gand of people, i'm still having fun here even after.. shit,
> 8 years or so now, i have seen a lot a stuff here.. and at 95%, it was all
> good, as some extent, it made me a better men.
>
> I'll hit the road tomorrow morning, i may stop at Matt place in NJ but that
> all depend how we feel.. i can do a nice 800 miles if i'm in shape :-)
>
> My travel page:
> http://www.benplace.com/mexico2008.htm
>
> The 12 vans craSy gang BLOG at:
> http://poolio.net/zamorablog/
>
> And if my van break wile going south or comming back up north!!! you will
> here a big "Cry for help" here.. you better be there for me :-)  because i
> have been there for a lot of you... and that, i know, each day.
>
> Regards guys, Bennny boy alias The Corruptor!
> http://www.benplace.com/
>
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