San Francisco
As if a month in Buenos Aires hadn’t been enough of a respite from the trip, we are now spending one week in the Bay Area. I ate some of…
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,…
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…
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…
the cult of Westfalia
Westy owners are a special breed of people. They tend to be mostly mechanically-inclined men and their supportive female counterparts. They like to go places. And not only do they…
Heating up
We traveled across the country with the heat wave. We took I-80 through the salt desert. It hit a hundred degrees in Salt Lake City that day, where we spent…