Thanks for that report.  It was a relief from the humdrum of Vanagon problems.  Good to hear Joel is good not good to hear about Tuscaloosa.

On 2011-06-01, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Me and my listmember brother Alan Felder were driving in my 83 westy to
> Tuscaloosa to visit listmember Unca Joel when traffic slowed for roadwork. I
> told my brother "there's a brown syncro coming up in the right lane." It
> turned out to be listmember Dre Lengel, and the slow traffic allowed for a
> conversation between our Vanagons on Interstate 65.
> 
> Unca Joel was doing great, he gave us a guided tour of the unbelievable
> devastation in Tuscaloosa, which was not doing so great.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2011