I am planning to leave for a month-long journey on the 20th of March, to CC
ski and snowboard in Montana, Wyoming , and Oregon. Maybe Colorado and
northern California also. I plan to take I-80 most of the way, until
Cheyenne, where my GF will be meeting me via aeroplane. We will the slow
down and slowly go through western WY, MT, and across ID into the Mt. Hood
/Portland area for a few weeks. Then across through UT, and into Steamboat
Springs, CO. Final traverse across to NC and hopefully to make it to
EveryBus 2000. The purpose of this letter is to ask if anyone along the
route wants to get together and CC ski, snowboard, drink some great bier, or
just shoot the breeze about Vanagons / Syncros / Diesels, or life in
general. I will be proudly driving my dear old friend 'Otto', a
Canadian-spec Syncro Westy that I converted last year to a 1.9 litre
turbodiesel. This will be his maiden voyage testing the merits of the latest
and greatest improvements, including the Permacool /Mazda RX-7 oil-cooler,
Passat VR-6 airbox, TP (yes, toilet paper!) oil filtration system, new
turbo, 6-gauge auxiliary instrument cluster, and upgraded engine mounting
system.  Wish me luck, lotsa tailwinds, and cool fluids! Hope to see a few
of you on the trip, or at EveryBus 2000!

Karl von M�llendorf
WestyVentures
1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9 TD 'Otto'
1988 Audi 80 Quattro 'Car'