Welcome to our blog. Dan & I are hoping to use this method to keep in touch with family and friends while we're away this winter. You'll have to bear with us through the learning process - neither of us have ever done this before. If it works the way we hope it will, we'll keep you updated with our where-abouts and share pictures. We're hoping that you'll use it to keep in contact with us too. The most recent entry will always be at the top of the page, so if you're new here, scroll down to the bottom to start or use the archive list. Our apologies to anyone who found the Travelpod blog only to have it disappear on them, but this site seems easier to use and like I said - we're beginners, so the easier the better.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Meet Vincent II

Dan likes the sound of Vincent II. He says it reminds him of Clarence Williams III from the Mod Squad. (Sorry, kids - you had to have been born prior to the '60's to get that reference.)
We just got home from picking up the new van. Here are a couple of quick pictures. They aren't great as we were running out of daylight.



It's a 1997 VW Winnebago Eurovan with 97,500 miles (yes, miles) on it. From a distance it looks perfect, but up close there is evidence of bondo work and a slightly mis-matched paint cover-up. But as my Aunty Hilda used to say: "A blind man would be glad to see it." The fridge that I was so excited about doesn't appear to work, so that'll have to be repaired right away, and it needs a bit of cleaning on the inside, but nothing major. It has an extra passenger seat that is removable, so as soon as we get that out of the way, I can take pictures of the inside.