The VW Eurovan Transporter

The transformation of the Eurovan:






Folding table and Futon couch that folds down into a full length bed. Removeable dark blue checked curtains on all sides.


The Lighthouse Rug

Music and GPS set up.

Baggage and space heater.

Flooding

We swore two years ago that we would avoid the drive from Colorado to the East coast after a 5-hour traffic jam in Indiana in 104 degree weather with no AC. And it was Indiana that got us again. We had to take a three hour detour because the roads were closed due to the worst flooding in 137 years. Twelve hours straight of driving through rain and our van was soaked--- yet this was still a much better trip than the last cross-country thanks to Jen and her gang letting us crash at the midway point in Iowa City.

First Fourteener

We drive to Breckenridge to sell a laptop and decide to tackle a life objective while we are in the area and climb a Colorado fourteener. If you are not from Colorada, a fourteener is a mountain peak that is at least 14,000 ft high and people make a big deal about climbing one. If you climb anything less than 14,000 ft you just went on a little hike. Mt. Quandary is a class 1 beginners trek- nonetheless the elevation is 14,265 feet, so it counts to people who are counting.

Left at about 5:30am.




A fellow hiker coming down the trail. Mountain courtesy allows the guy coming down the right of way, so we stepped to the side.