Big Blue on Google Maps

This is where Big Blue sat for about 7 years. Redwood City's docktown marina. It was in the storage unit there. That light blue mess of a car just to the north is an old vw bug.

Big Blue meet Big Sur

I'm pretty confident that this was not Big Blue's first trip to Big Sur. I'm betting Monty, the previous owner, took him down there before given the proximity and, well, it's a VW bus after all, and Big Sur was made for such a vehicle. Below are some pics from our recent trip down there. We used our polaroid in honor of the end of polaroid film.

Our stop at the Henry Miller Library.

I know I look drunk in this, but this was an hour into the trip. Stone sober, just happy.

EP brushing her teeth in the "bathroom".

The hazards of polaroid. A blurred campground.

EP at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.

EP looking quite tough.

Another trick of polaroid - there was full sunlight out in this picture, but we were below trees.

EP and I hiding from the rain with booze.

One more polaroid issue - that's my head that it cut off. This is inside Big Blue.

VW Bus as Collector Car - an update

An update on the post from March 6th where a bay window VW bus (Westfalia or not) was in the Kruse Del Mar auction. It went for a cool $19,000. Must have been a hell of a bus...

In the same auction, the '78 bug went for $6100 and the Thing, probably a good deal, went for $7500.

Bus from the deep south

We spent New Year's Eve in Louisiana and Texas and while I was down there, I saw one Thing - the only VW I saw the entire time. The place was void of old VW buses of any kind. Thanks, though, to some keen eyes, I received proof last Thursday that there are, indeed, buses in the deep south. Or at least passing through...

VWs back in their time...

I found that ebay "photograph" section is a great place for finding old original VW bus photos. It's cool to see them all new and proud and in their original environment.

Here are some that are available on ebay right now...

VWs in Death Valley

We took a quick trip to Death Valley this weekend (leaving Blue at home since we only had three days). I did see some VWs there, so thought I would share...

We saw this guy a few times. The bug was in perfect condition (that's a bra on the front).

At Scotty's Castle.

This last bus was a couple and they looked like they had been out for quite a while. Good to see it being used for what was intended.