Miguel,

My daughter Sonia is at burning man - sector 9:30 G - in a silver westy.
It's her fourth or fifth time and she says "it's the best week of the year".
 Sent me a text saying they were in line to get in at 7:30 this morning.

I hope your daughter makes it - i'm sure she'll love it.

Werner

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:49:32 -0600, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>Well, I should have listened to that little voice in my head, telling
>me not to lend her the van, but she's been asking me for eight years
>now and she asked so nicely and I love her.....sniff, sniff. They are
>fine and it looks like their biggest loss might be a day's worth of
>Burning Man. For now their spirits are super high and she tells me
>that they've had lots of laughs.....what? Anyone from this community
>who wants to pipe in with parts, advice or inspiration, I can be
>reached at 970-903-8087. I have already emailed all the local Rescue
>Squad guys and I feel pretty damned good about it. It's a bit hard
>when it's your daughter, as you might know or imagine. I did welcome
>her to the Vanagon way of life. Funny thing......I've lost count of
>how many Vanagons I've owned, 2wd and otherwise, and you might have
>guessed how many times I took these kids out on Vanagon road trips
>(since 1987) and broken down. Zero times. Yup, zero, and the first
>time I send her out there with one of the fleet, poof! Of course, some
>kind of unforeseen failure may well be the cause, but that doesn't
>change the fact that it's Dad 0, Bonni 1! Thanks for any help.
>Miguel