My Parents 1985 westy "putter 'n knit" turned 200,000 miles yesterday on the way home from The True Canadian Winter Bus Campout. Since Mom and Dad are True Canadian Seniors,  I phoned them in Florida to share the news.

I would have taken my own vanagon, but an outbreak of gout surfaced in my left foot on Thursday and left me unable to drive a standard transmission for a few days. So I attended camp as a passenger in my parents van, with my brother Brent at the wheel. With some meds and rest the gout has now passed, for which I am truly thankful.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto Ontario, Canada
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.ca
1973 Westfakia, 1987 and 1988 Wolfsburg Vanagons, 1991 Jetta

On 2012-02-20, at 7:51 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'm about 1000 miles away from 200K on my '83.
> 
> Need to wash the road salt off today so I can get at least another 1000 miles out of that van.  :)
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Chris S.
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 4:50 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Hershey turns 200!
> 
> On a non-tire-related note, Hershey, my 1984 Westfalia, just turned 200,000 miles!  Woo-hoo!
> 
> Chris.
> 
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