Keeping us on the road

Carole and The YesWeCan CamperVan wish to thank these guys, especially for the time they donated, their hard work and their skill in repairing the VW’s 1971 engine to keep us on target for our cross country drive for MG Awareness. Ronnie Pugh’s Bug Haus in Richmond, Virginia   Ronnie Pugh, owner of the Bug [...]

June is MG Awareness month

Please tell all your friends that June is the official month for MG Awareness. Together let’s raise the visibility and compassion for people with this disease. MG – Myasthenia Gravis – is a largely ‘invisible’ auto-immune disease because of the low level of awareness amongst medical professionals and the general public. I’m hoping to change [...]

It’s easy and it’s a nice thing to do

A request to my readers: In total there are 59 subscribers to this blog and, in the last two months, two new subscribers joined. Yet we can see that there are far more people reading our blog.  It’s heartening to see new people sign up to receive new posts to the blog by email. It’s [...]

‘Buses by the Bridge XV’

It says number 14 (XIV) on the welcome entrance sign, but it definitely was the 15th (XV) time that Buses by the Bridge has been held in Lake Havasu, Arizona, by the London Bridge Bullis to raise money for local children.  

The VW community …

is a wonderful example of the goodness in people, as this story tells. Also a fabulous piece of film-making, isn’t it? Comments, please …

Writing to say THANKS

I haven’t been blogging for ages, so this is a short note to let you know that the plan is to write more on these pages in the coming weeks and to finish the whole story before the end of the year. I will complete the missing details on weeks 22-26 of our 30 week [...]

They made it

[With a special dedication to my Dad ***] Since I left the ‘Run for the Wall’ ride from LA to DC *, I have been thinking about the riders each day and praying for their safety. And whenever I could find a wi-fi connection, I’d follow virtually by reading the blog of one of the [...]

Family values – VW style

My spirits were uplifted after I wrote the previous post ….. by two events relating to my VW van. The first was when the van’s engine made a very nasty noise last Thursday and it threw out a spark plug. I never knew an engine could do that and I was thankful that I had [...]

Thanks

Thanks is one of the tabs at the very top of the page that I added to show my appreciation for people who I meet on this journey. Here I am at Laurie’s in Carpinteria. Words cannot express my thanks to her and her family for their generosity. If you can see the writing on the [...]

My journey … 55 years from 31 January 1955 to today …

First THANK YOU to all my friends who sent me cards, emails, and Facebook messages for my FIFTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY xxxxx I also updated my ’Thanks’ Page on this blog, so that you can see the other special people – besides yourself – who have been supporting me on this journey. I know it’s going to be [...]