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Steve says YES, let’s take it! 6/21/2011

Today it is six months since the last day we spent together.  On Friday April 5, 2013 we took the Westfalia to get it smogged, had lunch at Gallegos, then checked out several hardware stores for supplies.  The previous day I had sold my shop, The Vampire Albatross, and we were FINALLY FREE to take some time for us.   We planned to visit Steve’s Mom the following weekend and then head out into the desert for an extended Spring Wildflower Desert trip in our new rig.

Our beloved ’57 VW van “Betsy” got to be too undependable for old geezers like us, and the 4Runner didn’t offer enough privacy for car camping at music festivals.  Rick loved his Westy so much we were inspired in June 2011 to trade Betsy to our mechanic for a 1983 Westfalia with very low miles.  Steve and I added 12 miles on the test drive to Point Richmond Annex, and agreed we liked it very much. 

We enjoyed the quiet comforts of privacy and coffee at a couple of music festivals that summer, and I used her to transport my paintings to my solo show held at Chester’s, a local venue where we also played music.  Although my life was perfect, two friend talked me into thinking I needed them to help me buy a screen-printing business from a friend of theirs who had to leave town.  Suddenly my life came to a screeching halt, and no more free-range camping trips followed.