yup. it's Holloween. that's the night BEFORE Halloween. :) tomorrow
night is when all the dead rise up and walk around bothering people,
bugging them for candy and cookies and such. such would the traditions
have you believe anyway, on All Hallow's Evening, October 31st.
(for you folks in more sane countries round the world, you don't even
want to know how this old probably-Celtic holy-day got started in this
country. or why.)

anyway, THIS night is Holloween, the night that the gremlins (and
glitches and things that go bump in your car) walk the neighborhoods,
looking for a new home ... a new car!  so put your bus inside, or
lock the doors and windows and put duct tape over all exposed openings
... lest ye find tomorrow morn that it won't start or roll, or makes
some strange new noise!!!

or you can try the olde Westfalian remedy of putting a string of
Bratwurst (any old wurst will do) on the door handles. only trouble
with this is that the neighborhood dogs, cats, kids (and that big fat
guy that lives at the end of the block) will all put scratch marks
and slobber on your bus, as they eat the wurst in the dark!

so lock up your buses, wimmen, and children, sit on the couch with the
lights turned way down low, and watch the Tele as you stuff your face
with nachos and salsa dip.     hey, it's Tradition!! :)

(you REALLY think i make this stuff up???)

firstly, WHERE you are all hiding the candy ...
-AUS         3 AL           6 IA.CR       1  NC.W.ASHE   1  PA.W.PIT    2
-AUS.ACT     2 AR           2 IA.DM       1  NE          3  RI          4
-AUS.NSW     3 AZ           1 ID          1  NH          3  SC          1
-AUS.VIC     1 AZ.S.PHOE    3 IL          3  NH.MAN      1  TN          3
-AUST        1 AZ.S.TUCS    2 IL.BLM      1  NH.PLY      1  TN.W.MEM    2
-CAN         5 CA           2 IL.CHI      5  NJ          1  TX          2
-CAN.AB      1 CA.BA       41 IN          2  NJ.C        1  TX.AMA      1
-CAN.AB.CAL  1 CA.C         1 IN.BLM      1  NJ.N        6  TX.AUS      6
-CAN.AB.EDM  3 CA.N         3 IN.IND      2  NJ.S        2  TX.DAL      8
-CAN.BC.VAN  7 CA.N.SAC     6 KS.KC       4  NM          1  TX.FW       1
-CAN.BC.VIC  5 CA.NE        1 KS.WIT      1  NV          2  TX.HOU      7
-CAN.MN.WIN  1 CA.S         1 KY          2  NY          2  TX.SAN      1
-CAN.NB      3 CA.S.LA     12 LA          1  NY.E.ALB    1  UT          5
-CAN.NS.HAL  3 CA.S.SD      9 MA.E        1  NY.E.LI     6  UT.SLC      1
-CAN.NS.SJ   1 CA.S.SLO     3 MA.E.BOS   16  NY.N        1  VA          2
-CAN.ON      1 CA.WC        1 MA.E.NBED   2  NY.NYC      5  VA.C        2
-CAN.ON.OTT  2 CO           1 MA.W        2  NY.W        1  VA.E        1
-CAN.ON.TOR 12 CO.N.BOU     5 MD          3  NY.W.BUFF   1  VA.N        5
-CAN.PQ.MON  4 CO.N.DEN     4 MD.C.BAL   10  NY.W.ROCH   1  VA.N.ALEX   5
-CAN.PQ.QUE  1 CO.N.FTC     2 MD.SC       1  NY.W.SYRA   2  VA.N.FRED   2
-DEN         2 CO.W         1 ME          2  OH.C.COL    4  VA.S        1
-ESP         1 CT           4 MI          4  OH.N.CLE    6  VA.W        1
-GER         6 FL.C         1 MN          1  OH.N.TOL    1  VT          4
-GR          1 FL.N         5 MN.MPLS     1  OH.S.DAY    1  WA          2
-IRE         2 FL.NE        3 MN.MSP      7  OH.SW.CIN   1  WA.C        1
-IT          2 FL.NW        1 MN.N        2  OK.OKC      3  WA.NW.OLY   1
-JP          1 FL.S         1 MO.CG       2  OR.NE       1  WA.NW.SEA  18
-QA          1 FL.SW        1 MO.STL      6  OR.NW.CORV  1  WA.SW.VAN   1
-RUS         1 GA           1 MS          1  OR.NW.EUG   1  WI          1
-SWE         3 GA.C         2 MT          4  OR.NW.PORT  7  WI.S.MAD    3
-UK.ENG.BIR  1 GA.E         1 NC          1  PA          2  WI.S.MIL    3
-UK.ENG.LON  3 GA.N.ATL     7 NC.C.CHAR   1  PA.C        1  WI.W        1
AK           1 GA.SE        1 NC.C.CHILL  1  PA.E        3  WY          2
AK.ANC       5 GA.W         1 NC.C.GB-WS  2  PA.E.ALL    3
AK.FB        3 HI           1 NC.C.RA-DU  6  PA.E.HAR    2
AK.JUN       1 IA           2 NC.E        1  PA.E.PHI   11
       Unknown     217      Total       742

nextly, WHAT you are all hiding the candy IN ...   :)
50 Microbus   0, 59 Microbus   2, 68 Bus   4, 80 Vanagon  21, 91 Eurovan   1
51 Microbus   0, 60 Microbus   2, 69 Bus   3, 81 Vanagon  21, 92 Eurovan   0
52 Microbus   0, 61 Microbus   1, 70 Bus   4, 82 Vanagon  38, 93 Eurovan  27
53 Microbus   0, 62 Microbus   1, 71 Bus  17, 83 Vanagon  26, 94 Eurovan   1
54 Microbus   0, 63 Microbus   2, 72 Bus   8, 84 Vanagon  72, 95 Eurovan  11
55 Microbus   1, 64 Microbus   3, 73 Bus   9, 85 Vanagon  69, 96 Eurovan   1
56 Microbus   0, 65 Microbus   5, 74 Bus  11, 86 Vanagon  65, 97 Eurovan   6
57 Microbus   0, 66 Microbus   5, 75 Bus   5, 87 Vanagon  91,
58 Microbus   1, 67 Microbus  11, 76 Bus   8, 88 Vanagon  22,
                                  77 Bus  12, 89 Vanagon  29,
                                  78 Bus  15, 90 Vanagon  34,
                                  79 Bus   5, 91 Vanagon  37,

 Microbus   34 - Camper   9, Panel    2, Pickup   5, Kombi    4, Deluxe   7
 Bus       102 - Camper  55, Panel    1, Pickup   4, Kombi    3
 Vanagon   525 - Camper 266, Kombi    1, Pickup   9, Diesel  20, Syncro  82
 Eurovan    47 - Camper  18, Panel    1, Pickup   1, Diesel   3, Syncro   1
 Total     708

Vanagon Mailing List   742 people,   708 vehicles
    34 Microbus,   102 Bus,   525 Vanagon,    47 Eurovan
    20 Wanabus,    177 Unknown Sniveling Lurkers :)

For details of where/when the next camping event in your area is,
Watch your list and/or contact the following folks:
----------------------------------------------------------
Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon)
   wetwesties@zuni.likeminds.com
Caifornia: Central and San Francisco Bay Area:
   http://www.vanagon.com/journeys/ccc/
California: North, Central, SF Bay Area:
   busgirl@netcom.net
     Join the CCA's (California Camping Anarchists) for
     mischievous wild fun, terror, chaos, hysteria, and
     the ritual burning of magnesium.
Intermoutain-West: Utah, Wyoming, Idaho
   kokopelli@sprintmail.com
   sjones@tetondata.com
Ohio, Great Lakes area:
   koesel@uakron.edu
Northeast/New England/New Hampshire:
   jonr@empire.net
Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland:
   dfleming@moosebird.com
Southern Wisconsin:
   rodavies@facstaff.wisc.edu
North Carolina, Triangle Area:
   rapalmer@unity.nscu.edu
North Georgia/NE Alabama/East Tennessee/W North Carolina:
   deasterw@st6000.sct.edu
FLorida:
   jclark@supernet.net
Oklahoma, Kansas:
   jjrodgers1@compuserve.com

CANADA:
  Ontario:
    http://www.sentex.net/~yvan/volks!

If you are interested in joining a club dedicated to the
preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of 1968 and newer buses,
and receiving their bi-monthly newsletter, Check out LiMBO
<limbo@bcn.net>  <URL: http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/>

If you are interested in joining a club dedicated to the
preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of 1967 and older buses,
and receiving their bi-monthly newsletter, Check out NEATO
<neato@rt66.com> <URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~deasterw/neato.html>

There is another bus list for folks interested in
only aircooled buses. To subscribe, send a SUBSCRIBE
message to type2-digest-request@type2.com

Warm the cockles of your heart with a VW Transporter coffee mug
... high quality drawings of the generations of Buses. contact
   Richard Palmer <rapalmer@eos.ncsu.edu> for more info.

FAQ and Archives available from:
 http://halfdan.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives/vanagon.html
 ftp site:    lenti.med.umn.edu:/pub/vanagon

WWW/HTTP info available from:
 http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
 http://www.automatrix.com/~skip/volkswagen
 http://www.supernet.net/~jclark/vw/vwpage.html
 http://www.alldata.com/
 http://tigger.as.arizona.edu/~dlytle
 http://query5.lycos.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/pursuit/vanagon
 http://www.vanagon.com/
 http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/3392/
 http://www.kiz.com
 http://www.village.org/vw/parts/
 http://www2.ari.net/dworkin/vw/
 http://www.vintagebus.com   .../barndoor/html
 http://www.infocom.com/~paulr/vw
 http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swhome.htm
 http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/r/rapalmer/www/
 http://www2.zone.ca/~jblp/type2    map of bus locations
 http://www.type2.com/sermons    Bob Hoover Sermons
 http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen
 http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8249/
 http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/charlie/charlie.html