Ben,

Thanks for posting this, and I'm glad all are ok. It will serve as a
reminder to me to take extra care when we leave soon for the family trek
over the notorious Coqihalla to the interior of BC. I've only made this
drive once in the winter, and it was the worst carnage I've ever seen on a
single stretch of road...! Hopefully we will see better weather this time
around, although at least heavy snow keeps the lunatics down to a reasonable
speed (or stuck in a snowbank).

Those pics are very sobering, and it's hard to imagine only cuts and bruises
- she is indeed lucky!

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:

> Did a conversion lately, super nice Syncro, super nice customer, we got
> along very well, he left Montreal after the conversion for the west coast
> (Oregon) so I was kind of nervous (I always do when they leave so soon and
> so far), we kept in touch all the time for different reasons. One being
> that
> I love this kind of road trip and we had a glitch with the conversion.
>
> Sadly, yesterday night I received a sad e-mail (translated from French):
> ---The end of a dream----
>
> Link for images:
> http://www.benplace.com/christ_subi2.htm
>
> He had just swap seat with his girlfriend, she was driving.
> Miraculously she suffers miners cuts and bruises, looking at the pictures I
> think she is VERY lucky.
>
> He and his son are fine. This happen on the dreaded route 1 in Baja near La
> Paz.
>
> I have decided to share those images just because we are never enough
> careful wile driving.
>
> In some ways, thanks to the solid old but venerable Vanagon
>
> Have a good Sunday with your family and friends.
>
> Ben
> http://www.benplace.com
>

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Shawn Wright