Joining the Sacramento VW community for Ranch Run 2013

What a time we had in Sacramento the first weekend of May – VWs, nice people, having fun and doing good. There’s no better combination.

For more information see the Ranch Run website … http://www.theranchrun.com/

The Ranch Run website describing the VW community’s support for the 2013 event in aid of local charity ‘Ride to Walk’

 

It was a hot day! I managed to find my old hat buried inside my VW and our T shirt from last year’s cross country drive for MG Awareness and VW4Causes …..

Doing my bit as one of several VW drivers in “The Ranch Run 2013″ for Sacramento charity ”   Ride to Walk”

 

What kind of events and charities have you and your VW club supported?

Let us know by commenting below and inspiring us with your stories. Thanks.

Pinterest – your opinion please

The YesWeCan CamperVan is featured on Pinterest under ‘Vehicles Working For Causes‘ (VW4Causes)

Vehicle 1: The YesWeCan CamperVan

together with other boards including:

Vehicle 2: A BW with 15 Windows

and

Classic VWs

and

Fun Autos

Will these boards on P-interest help us get more people to view our websites and draw attention to our blog posts, I wonder?

To explore for yourself and see what you think, please click on the photos above to take you to the boards I’ve created and the pictures that I posted there.

If you think yes, please click like below, and if no, please write your comment in the reply box.

Thank you

VW stories from way back when …

After this photo appeared on VW Bus Junkies – Classic VW Bus Owners and Fans … it had received almost 90 likes by the time I saw it today a week or so later …

I apologize for not being able to give credit to the photographer of this great picture; source was not shown on VW Bus Junkies facebook page.

John Kleckner commented ……

“My brother used a ’57 and hauled the whole band out to Eastern Long Island in ’65 to open for Mitch Ryder. I used my ’58 to haul a Hammond B3 and 2 Leslie speakers [yes they fit] with other stuff. ['57-8] Both were 36 HP, and made it to many gigs!”

If you have any colourful stories to share from the 60s, please add them in the box below …. thank you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the VW world

from VW christmas tree decorations ….

…. to VW Christmas cakes …

…. who knows what you might wish for ?

…. after all, in VW world, anything is possible

MERRY CHRISTMAS from me

and from my VW bus

The YesWeCan CamperVan !

If you’d like to send us a special Christmas gift,                                 we’d love you to  click here on our highlighted                                    The YesWeCan CamperVan 

This link will take you to our VW Facebook page, and                  when you get there, please like our Page …….. then share            this request with your friends, too.

   We are trying to reach 2000 ‘Page Likes’ by year end, and we’ve a long way to go. If you could help us reach this target, it  would be a wonderful gift from you to us and many others, because you’ll be helping us reach more people with our educational messages through our work at VW4CAUSES 

Thank you!

P.S.
Even Jesus agrees – see below

(thanks to VW enthusiast Ryan Bautista for this photo) 

VW4CAUSES Fundraiser: VW T-shirt collection

I am planning to sell my collection of ‘mostly VW’ tee shirts (and other VW memorabilia) to raise money for VW4CAUSES for more campaigning for MG and other autoimmune diseases. These are new, never worn, special edition T shirts collected on my drive across the USA from Massachusetts to California in between Oct 2011 and May 2012. 

Can you please vote for which one you like most or pick your 1st, 2nd and 3rd?
I’ve numbered them to make it easy for you to refer to each.
Kindly make your comment below and let me know (hey, that rhymes!)

1. San Tan VW Classic Show in Phoenix, Arizona – black XL

2. Official VW company T-shirt Blue/Grey Large

3. Official VW company T-shirt ‘Fender Guitar design’ in Navy Blue Large

        

4. Buses By the Bridge January 2012 T-shirt in Navy XL

5. VintageVW.Net T-shirt in Red 2X

            

6. LA Biker T-shirt in Cream 2X

7. RustyVW.com T-shirt ‘Toast Design’ in White XL

    

8. RustyVW.com T-shirt ‘Fat Chicks’ in White XL

  

9. San Francisco Vintage Apparel T-shirt in Grey 2X

 

COMMENT, COMMENT, COMMENT BELOW 

1st: ………
2nd: ………..
3rd: ……….

4 Bays, 4 Splittys and 1 Ghia

QUESTION: What happens when 4 Bays, 4 Splittys and 1 Ghia get together?

ANSWER: A great atmosphere and support for our cause!

Thanks to the Paintscrapers VW club who came out to the Island Gardens Park …

VWs in the Park, photographed by Sharon Read, edited by Carole Brown.

… and thanks to my green Brazilian splitty, too, here seen in close up …

For more about this wonderful photo shoot in London see http://vw4causes.org/2012/10/21/iod-photoshoot/

A reminder to WRITE

Today I had a trip down memory lane, reading a post I’d written during the two week drive from California to Massachusetts over two years ago.

Reading Day 3 ‘Road to MA’ (Sun 20 June 2010) Bakersfield > Needles, CA and re-living the adventure was wonderful. But it also reminded me that I’d only gotten as far as writing about Day 4 on the Road to MA before the driving had taken over.

I keep thinking that one day I’ll have the time to catch up and complete the stories of those days on the road. I am also reminded of the book of the journey that others have asked me to write. But I’ll never find the time, I know that. I must make the time if I really intend to write a book.

Therefore, may I ask you a question or two?

• would you really read a book about the cross country road trips mentioned in the posts on this blog?

• if yes, what kind of a book would you like: a coffee table one with lots of photos or a paperback containing some photos in the centrefold?

Some of the photos originally posted on facebook with the Day 3 story are shown below. I’m hoping you can answer the two questions above and give me some feedback. Also please can you let me know if you like any of these photographs enough to see them in a book?

Thank you …

Day 3 ‘Road to MA’ (Sun 20 June 2010) Bakersfield > Needles, CA

as I leave Bakersfield this sign was way too tempting a poster not to photograph

Just imagine over 3 million square miles!!!!

So out I go, south east of Bakersfield, towards Barstow …

and then up over the hills ….

and into Tehachapi for a quick ice-cream stop …

where I see trains, in the town and outside, where carriages are
stationery and look abandoned …

 Time to get back on the road again and out into the desert …

I continue towards Barstow. After a brief stop to cool down, I carry on
into the desert and many miles later, I find this poor little ‘ghost’ town

and ask at the Desert Market in Daggett, if I’m on
the right road to find the Bagdad Cafe (named after the movie)

All I could see was the little market (store) and no sign of any habitation in any of the other buildings! But I am on the right road and to my surprise the railway line beside me is still operable; here’s a running train!!!

Finally I come to the Bagdad Cafe, just in time as the sun sets 

As I go inside, I can see other famous people have been here before me

I didn’t know we’d be on Route 66 – what a bonus that is!

Back into The YesWeCan CamperVan, even though it’s pretty dark now ..

and shortly after I leave the Bagdad Cafe, I see another train (yippee).
I follow it east into the desert for as long as I can …
listening to the clackety clack of the wheels (listen here)

… and finally when I look down and see the gas tank on empty, I stop.

For a full account of the day, read the original post at this link to
Day 3 ‘Road to MA’ (Sun 20 June) Bakersfield > Needles, CA

your COMMENTS below … thank you!! 

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