I got to thinking for awhile that i would be better served by a pop-top
weekender.

The last five years my westfalia has mostly been a run-about and
construction hauler. I figured if I did more camping,  could integrate a
coleman stove, build a little counter from 2x3...

Like guys did back in the 60s. There were a lot of homemade campers back
then... Freak Bros. stuff.

But after my last cross country trip (Los Angeles to Montreal) in the
westfalia, I will never part with this rig. We did a lot of stealth camping
- one night in Iowa, a couple of miles from the Mississippi river, we just
turned into a cornfield. Set up the curtains, popped the roof up - turned
the seats, made some tea and played scrabble. We got to really like
sleeping on the lower bunk, heads to the rear.
We also slept in a walmart parking lot in Elyra, OH. Again, really subtle
set-up. Self -contained living space.

This question of North America: Mexicans do not consider themselves North
Americans. Norte-Americanos are gringos... the culture of the hamburger
etc. Mexicans are Mexicans - it's a stand-alone culture (and an awesome one
at that). Centro-Americanos are something different altogether. They do not
(in my experience) relate themselves to Mexicans - except as *Latinos*.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> No, they're in Chicago. :-(. ;-)
>
> Karl Wolz
> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>
> > On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Hey, Mexico and Canada aren't part of North America, are they? ;)
> >
> > Marc
>