Same here. The van is an extension of myself. My kids rag me all the
time about being an old hippie driving an old hippie-mobile ( they don't
really know the difference) . I told them that when my time comes, strap
me in the seat of my "hippie-mobile" and roll me and it into a deep hole
in the back pasture. Nobody ever need know "our" final resting place! In
a generation, nobody cares anyway.

John

On 3/23/2013 4:19 PM, bernie wrote:
> So thanks for all the sharing all these years. May all our madness not be
> truly mad.
>
>
>
> Well said.
> Every time I try to logically determine if any other
> vehicle would meet my camping needs the process seems to break down. Indeed
> the attachment to my
> Grumps extends far beyond where logic ends.
> What I'm paying  to maintain it or how old it is
> don't really seem to come into the equation.
> It is an extension of myself.
> It goes beyond attachment as indeed we are a unit
> we are one.
> Logic is left behind and we enter the realm of the mystical.
> More space .....it would be nice.
> More power ..........it would be nice.
> However, for me, it probably won't happen in this
> lifetime.
> Grumps and I are in it to the end.
>
> Bernie
> Vancouver BC
>