Dot (Paul's wife), Shay (Marco's wife), Linda (the one who tolerates Mike
Miller)... I missed Josh & his Significant Other (other than the van). I'm
not counting any of the exotic dancers & AVN nominees who Mike Miller
invited.

BenT

On 2/10/08, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>
> To the dismay of the millions of rabidly enthusiastic participants
> bURNINGvAN 2008 is history.
>
> The usual cast of thousands who labored day and night for, oh ever so
> long,
> to stage this event are off to their well deserved rest. The SF Park
> police
> breathed a sigh of relief that once again they staved off a major disaster
> by the merest thread.
>
> It was a beautiful day [this part is true by the way] the weather was warm
> and there wasn't a whole lot of breeze. Lots and lots of people most of
> whom
> were not participants but they were there none the less. Some way cool
> vans:
> Josh and his wife with their syncro transmission and springed two wheel
> drive, Marco and his show van, a Sprinter that is destined to become a
> camper with a bike workshop in it as well, Pensioner with his smoothly
> running SVX conversion [ and a pot of wonderful chili!] AND BenT not only
> showed up but he was driving a VW, and a Van, a DOKA I believe he called
> it,
> filled with some nifty van toys, some of which I scored [headlight covers
> for my e codes].
>
> The burn was rather smaller this year than in days of old, mainly limited
> to
> Al's lighting his stove to heat the chili. Did I mention it was really
> good
> chili?
>
> Anyway those of you who missed it be sure to put it on your calendars for
> next year. It will be Jan, or maybe Feb or another date. Al wants an
> event,
> besides Van o Rama scheduled for the fall so that's another date to save.
>
> I'd post pictures if I knew how to do it. I have several photos including
> shots of every nude bather there.
>
> Mike