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Subject:Re: Syncro - a love story
From:Chris Braymen
Date:Sun, 25 May 1997 13:37:22 -0400

>Down in Canyonlands area, I bolted through a snow-melt swollen stream =

>2.5+ ft. deep (I waded it twice and de-rocked my line) to find a Ford =

>F-250 around the bend stalled due to water in his ?motor.

About 5 years ago I sold my '70 VW "Not a Westy" Camper with 320,000 mile=
s
on it to a young couple for way cheap.  It had just worn me out with brea=
kdowns, =

repairs, and it had no rear seat belts for my just arrived kid.  I told t=
hem
everything that I knew was wrong with it and everything that made me nerv=
ous
about it...they told me they were going to break it in on a trip to <gulp=
>
Mexico!  When they got back, <whew> they said they had driven across a =

beach/road in Baja that is only accessible when the tide is out.  Out on =
that =

beach they ran into some 4x4 stuck in the sand, so they towed him loose, =
and =

continued on their way.  Sigh, and to think I was worried about them...

Chris
'84 Westy "Buttercup"

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