yes, folks, it's that time again. we've lost a few and gained a few
more. life goes on. :)  all you unknowns out there: shame, shame, shame!
here's the makeup of the list as of today:

  56 Microbus    1    68 Bus    1    80 Vanagon    2    92 Eurovan    0
  57 Microbus    0    69 Bus    1    81 Vanagon    5    93 Eurovan    5
  58 Microbus    1    70 Bus    6    82 Vanagon   10    94 Eurovan    0
  59 Microbus    1    71 Bus   16    83 Vanagon    2
  60 Microbus    1    72 Bus    7    84 Vanagon   10
  61 Microbus    2    73 Bus   13    85 Vanagon   10
  62 Microbus    1    74 Bus    6    86 Vanagon    5
  63 Microbus    0    75 Bus    1    87 Vanagon    8
  64 Microbus    1    76 Bus    4    88 Vanagon    3
  65 Microbus    0    77 Bus    9    89 Vanagon    4
  66 Microbus    4    78 Bus    9    90 Vanagon    7
  67 Microbus    8    79 Bus    3    91 Vanagon    5

 Microbus  20 - Camper   8, Panel    3, Pickup   1, Kombi    7
 Bus       76 - Camper  40, Panel    0, Pickup   0
 Vanagon   71 - Camper  34, Panel    2, Pickup   0, Diesel   5, Syncro   6
 Eurovan    5 - Camper   2
 Total    172

 Vanagon Mailing List   187 people,     172 vehicles
    20 Microbus,    76 Bus,    71 Vanagon,     5 Eurovan
    22 Unknown,    10 Wanabus

with the 71's firmly (?) in the lead over the 73's. but ho! check out
the 82/84/85 vanagons! sneaking up from behind ... who knows what may
happen by the end of the summer. :)

and, for those geographically-impaired members among us, here's where
we all are.  kinda lonely down here in west alabama. :( not even one
other buser in alabama or mississippi (well,he said snobbily, i sorta
didn't really expect any THERE ...) ;)  sigh.

-AUS    2          DC      3          MD      3          OH      1
-CAN   13          FL      1          MI      3          OR      4
-UK     5          GA      2          MN      2          PA      6
AL      1          IA      3          MO      2          RI      1
AR      1          ID      1          MT      1          TX     10
AZ      2          IL      2          NC      3          VA      2
CA     25          IN      1          NE      2          WA      7
CO      2          KY      1          NJ      2          WI      4
CT      1          MA      6          NY      7
Unknown      55
Total       132

the beach-bums of the golden surf are still waaaaaay out in front
(must be all that nice weather than makes 'em like buses ... or the
ability to move everything they own in case of a) earthquake,
b) mudslide, c) brushfire, d) mudslide putting out brushfire. all WE
ever get is bugs, floods, hurricanes,and tornados!).

but the lone-star texans are slowly gaining on 'em! and our neighbors
to the north (should i break you guys up into provinces?) are also
gaining ground.

well, time to go visit my local FLAPS (they feel neglected if i don't
come by once a week or so). :)  hope everybody has a good weekend.

joel