Summer is here, and the urge to travel is on us.  This afternoon my wife
and I leave to Visit Junior in Boulder,CO.  We'll be heading out in the
'86 multivan about 2:30 headed west from eastern Iowa, to I80, through
Nebraska's Platte river valley, across eastern Colorado, finally to
Boulder, on the edge of the Rocky Mountains.  The Vanagon has been
checked, buffed, probed, prodded, spoken to, etc., but it's not without
a little well deserved "angst" that I set out on this trip.  To break
down along the US interstate is truly a harrowing experience.  The
vultures that you sometimes see circleing are a symbolic reminder of who
it is lurking with a tow truck along the wayside.  Vultures are
downright nice in comparison.Oh, I could tell you stories about breaking
down on the road.

But, I would rather hear your adventures.  Who has the most implausible
explanation (the biggest lie) of what caused their vehicle to fall into
the hands of the feared "general repair"?  Who has the biggest $ value
of total ripoff repair?  Who can tell us the name & location of such
dens of treachery, such spots to avoid?

In short, a sort of new thread.

I like college towns for the colorful & plentiful population of VW
vehicles.  Boulder is one of the best, perhaps the best of all.--another
new thread?

Wish me luck, pray for us, & if you see a white Vanagon Multivan out
there along my way, wave back.

Chuck Hill