Hanging out in Hume
We left behind the memories of Mike’s “Glory Days” (cue Springsteen song) and passed by the largest roll of Lifesavers. Then parked on a street corner to observe an awesome […]
Tag Archives: 1985 Vanagon
The chaos of the rear bumper
This unit began as an original Vanagon bumper and a basic receiver hitch welded to the frame. Then we found an old-style GoWesty hitch mounted swing-away bumper. Finally, we added […]
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site (and costumes!)
The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is possibly the second largest attraction on the Breton cape area of Nova Scotia (known as Cape Breton) and a fascinating archeology and anthropology […]
POSING DOGS…..
Trying to pose three dogs and a man is like herding cats. Or it is like………………. posing dogs.
Nova Scotia, additional thoughts as we cross to Cape Breton.
We said goodbye to friends in middle Nova Scotia with some sadness. These two guys had a great day of working on their VWs together and spent a few days […]
Motor story; Bostig. A post by Mike!
Back in 2010 we were in the same position as many Vanagon owners. We had begun to experience issues with the stock rebuild and were looking for something more reliable. […]
Green hills, streams and ocean views of the Nor’east
After having our fill of rules, rules, rules we peaced out of Cape Cod and headed further Northeast. But not to worry, we now have keys to the houses in […]
The room and awning features on our hightop vanagon
One of the most useful and treasured items we have on board is the awning and enclosure. This system allows us to manage temperature, shade, privacy and our belongings and […]
A long pause in Cape Cod
Where has the slow house gone? All quiet on the postings, lately!? Alta has been relegated to Home Depot dashes and furniture hauling! We have accepted a fun offer from […]
Where’s Woodstock?
We flew through several states in a short amount of time on our way towards Boston. Somewhere near upstate New York the navigator of slowcarfasthouse realized that we were near […]