He he he.... that IS funny! i didn't see you, i'm driving to fast :-)

I'm in a Flying-J with Frank, 3500km later(2200 miles), 2.5 hard days...

Nice to be here, our first destination is reach, it will take days before i
start having the feeling of being in... Vacation... I'm I???

For the Subi hater.. don't read my trip page, you will be pissed off again.

what a nice rig i have, sorry, but that is the tru story.

You guys take care, me i'll visit San Antonio today!

Ben
http://www.benplace.com/mexico2008.htm

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:36:03 -0500, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>I guess our prodigal son Ben is doing well so far on his trip to
>Mexico.  I happened to look over in the South Bound lane of I-81
>yesterday in central Virgina and saw the same van I had just seen the
>night before on Ben's website.
>Maybe other folks who live along I-40 should be on the lookout for a
>bright red westy with a white top and a bra on the front (not to mention
>a crazy Canadian at the wheel).  We could post our Ben sightings here to
>the list to track his progress!
>
>I was on the way back from a ten day trip to Georgia.  Drove my 90 Carat
>down and back with no problems.  Over 1400 miles with no problems at
>all.  Drove all day long at 65-70 mph, kept up with traffic up all of
>the long hills.  Just set the cruise control and listened to the kids
>watch movies on the back.
>No special conversion.  Just a recently rebuilt waterboxer in the back.
>These vans can be reliable.  However I knew this trip was coming for the
>past year so the van got a good going over on the braking system,
>suspension, rebuilt engine, coolant hoses, belts, etc.  If you want a
>trouble free trip, you have to do the PM.  The van has almost 300k miles
>on it so everything is due at this point.  Ran great though!  Glad to be
>back in NJ.
>
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16
>www.vanagain.com