Point of no return
jbuhler Yesterday I gave notice on the apartment. It’s official, we are leaving. I quit my job at Pixar over two months ago now, but I was not too worried about…
send-off
steph Yesterday we had our Westy community send-off at Ocean Beach. There were two blue Westies, FOUR maroon ones, two brown ones, a cream-colored one, and several white ones. Me in…
New transmission
The auto transmission in the Pony had been hesitating when going from 2nd to 3rd when hot. For the last year or so. The Pony’s main mechanic, Art in Richmond,…
Data collection
I’ve been using RoadTrip, an iphone app to keep track of the gas mileage of the Westy. One nice thing it does every time you fill up is record the…
important things
We saw this in Holbrook, Arizona: That’s right! A beetle-camper! And it’s for sale, by the way, for $8500. And you can tell I’ve been spending too much time with…
House Improvements
We spent July in the north suburbs of Chicago, at Steph’s parents’ house, among other things, working on the Westy. Here are some of the improvements we made: – Took…
Westy drought
After seven days on the road, we’ve finally gotten ourselves back to California. We haven’t escaped the heat, though. The heat has followed us all the way: through St. Louis…