Bike/Van Update

Lucky for us, Dane's friend Vincent got a new bike for Christmas and was happy to let Dane borrow his old Spiderman bike (with hand brakes!) until we get Dane a new one. This has been particularly nice, since we're still riding bikes to/from school while the van's in the shop.

The van might be ready today or tomorrow. Mick found Paul at Valley Wagonworks via some nerdy Vanagon listserv Mick's on. Paul only does Volkswagon vans, on his own, and at his home. The word from Paul is that he's replaced our clutch, our front brakes, and our back brakes. He still doesn't like the sound the brake pedal makes, though, (sounds like a low, um, farty leak -- those of you who have driven with us have heard it) and he'd like to get that figured out. Other than that, he took it for a drive yesterday and says the engine still sounds good; says we got a really good year Vanagon (which we knew). Can't you just feel the love there?