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Oct. 18 – WA, Vancouver

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Day 78 – We have been initiated into the Volkswagen club with our first fixing of the van. Yesterday the van decided to have a tantrum and was coughing and jumpy. We pulled over and had to get it towed to Carol’s home where Craig (a great mechanic) helped us get it running. We replaced the coil and the fuel filter, but realized it was just a very dirty distributor. We drove it to the store and all was great… then we went to drive it over to Shelley’s and it was sick again. So, this morning we ended up having to install new points and condenser, and now he is running like a champ 😉 Currently, Henry is getting a new set of tires – he is going to feel like a new guy soon!

Oct. 17 – WA, Vancouver

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Day 77 – Arrived to Jason’s mom, Carol’s, humble abode in Vancouver, Wa. We are spending the week with his mom and his sister, Shelley, who lives only 8 miles away. Shelley’s home is where our cat Mo is spending his next year or so – with his new buddy Hufflepuff. So, of course we went to go say hello to him before going to bed .

Carol & John and us.

We spent most of the first couple of days running errands for the van and ourselves, buying a solar shower to hook on to the back of the van when we get toooo stinky – so no worries for us being too stinky while we continue our travels.

Casey, Carol and John’s cat

Oct. 15/16 – WA, Lake Cushman

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 75/76 - This weekend we spent our time at a cabin off of Lake Cushman near the Olympic National Park with Tom, Peggy, Matt, Shelley, and Eric. It was a lot of fun to just hang out ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 13/14 – WA, Lacey

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 73/74 - I finally get to spend some time with my best friends from high school. Kellie and Natalie (Kellie’s kid) picked me up and we dropped Natalie off at her grandma’s – which was nice because ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 12 – WA, Tenino

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 72 - Today we went to visit a vw junk yard to try and get a few spare parts for the vw, but came out empty handed. After a bit of work on the van we went ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct. 11 – WA, Tenino

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 71 – We are now visiting Jason’s dad’s house where Tom (Jason’s dad), Peggy (Jason’s step-mom), and Matt (Jason’s step-brother) live. We got up at 5:00am to go to coffee with Tom – this is what Tom does ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 10 – WA, Shelton

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 70 – A big day for us. Dad let us borrow his car, again - thanks dad!!!, to go check out that same van in Portland and purchase it. No one else was able to get ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct. 8/9 – WA, Shelton

Friday, October 21st, 2005
Day 68/69 – This Saturday was swap meet day at S.O.C.K. (Save Our County’s Kids) and we went down to help dad and Sue set up a table for SOCK. They hold a swap meet once a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 7 – WA, Shelton

Friday, October 21st, 2005
Day 67 – Today we borrowed my dad’s car and went to look at a Toyota 4-wheel drive van. We were contemplating buying a more beat up van and fixing it up – unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we couldn’t ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 6 – WA, Seattle

Friday, October 21st, 2005
Day 66 - Holly, Cole, and I went down to my Grandma and Grandpa Bottman’s house in Puyallup for lunch. Bob and Sue (my dad and step-mom) met us there. We had a wonderful lunch with a ... [Continue reading this entry]