Sometimes starting is the hardest part. After almost a year of planning, the purchase, renovation, and general craziness involved with getting our Vanagon running right (and reliably) we were ready to head out toward adventure. Our jobs had graciously (or
Kid Tripping: New River Gorge
Hey kiddos, Today’s adventure takes us to New River Gorge, West Virginia. The New River (pictured to the right from wikipedia), starts in North Carolina and flows northward, toward Ohio through West Virginia. In the United States it’s relatively rare for
Do you want to buy a slow van? (or Olaf’s revenge)
All good adventures need a noble steed. Don Quixote had his Rocinante, the Lone Ranger had Silver, Darwin had his Beagle and we have a Vanagon Westfalia. These vehicles have long fascinated me, not so much for their supposed hippie