Vintage VW bug hauling a camper!

I pulled these from https://www.facebook.com/vintagecampertrailers. Apparently the original owner (the guy in the first picture with his wife) gave the photos to the guy who runs http://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/.

These photos are way cool. The bug is either a '56 or '57. Who would have guessed it could pull that trailer?

2013 YIR: Big Blue's only long journey

2013 wasn't a great year for the family setting out in either bus or tent to experience the great outdoors for various reasons that will be shared in an upcoming confession blog post. But, we did have a good time taking Big Blue to High Sierra Music Festival for the 3rd year. I even made a very long video you'll most likely find boring, though the last minute is some of my finest work this year. To give you an indication as to where my priorities are of late, I finished editing this video tonight. The concert was in July. You do the math.

So, sit back, get a beer and watch all too much of me on camera with an occasional spotting of our Blue VW bus friend…

Romney Sticker on a VW?

image taken from The Little French Bullblog

The current state of Big Blue

Big Blue's last trip was last July. Since then he has been in his spot, behind the fence in our backyard. He's used quite often for Oak's playhouse. But other than that, he sits, open to the elements. I am planning on building a shed on steroids this summer which will have an overhang big enough to provide some cover for Big Blue. The elements aren't kind to him.

A while back last summer, Bryan David Griffith, a friend and full-time road warrior photographer, stayed at our place while working on a photo-essay book about bookstores. He was kind enough to take a photo or Big Blue's rear (his best side?) which he is working on back in the lab for us. It was a wedding gift 5 years later (my fault for not picking anything out, not his fault for lack of trying).

Here's Bryan at work:

In the first photo, you can see what I did all summer (thus, ignoring this blog). Our house went from tan/brown to grey. Most of it anyway! Still a little to do when the weather warms up in the spring!

We'll share Bryan's creation with you when we get it.

Saw this at a local antique shop

Any ideas what it could be from?

Napa Valley Air Cooled at the Napa holiday parade

Here's how out of touch I have been with the VW community the last year. We were down at the Napa Valley holiday parade in downtown Napa, and suddenly the streets were filled with members of the Napa Valley Air Cooled club! My jaw dropped! A VW club in my hometown and I didn't even know about it! Time to get the '56 running and out on the streets.

Sorry for the blurry pictures...