Sam's new bed

This week has been uneventful. We have not been able to do much because of the ice storm. However, we have been trying to plan. We were looking at the options of rebuilding the bunking areas. The upper bunk is going to be just two halves of a piece of plywood (sanded and polyed for smoothness) and that is it. Doing cushions is not in the picture (too much of a hassle to tear the bed down each night. So we bought Sam an AeroBed. It is twin size, memory foam covered. Looks absolutely comfortable!!! I am also posting the picture of all the packaging that this plastic bed came in - a box, in a box, that was in a box!

We are thinking of traveling some of Route 66. We have the maps and have been reading "Route 66: The Mother Road" by Michael Wallis. I am getting excited!

New "Kitchen"

We are looking to remodel the interior space. The refrigerator is something that is going to need to be replaced. We are looking at the Norcold DE0051 - but we need to find one that is affordable. These things are more expensive then the one in our house!!!

Interior Colors

These are the colors that we are thinking of doing the interior. What do you think?

Sam learns how to drive a standard

Sam has been begging to learn a standard and I think that it is a really good skill SO we put her behind the wheel of the Vanagon yesterday. If she can learn to drive this - then she can drive any standard!!! She did FANTASTIC - like she was born to it :-)!

Pick up!!!

We picked up the Vanagon yesterday and boy does this one have POWER!!!!!! Kurt could not keep up with me. Though I wouldn't want to drive it any faster than 55 mph - it was FUN!!!!! We immediately went to Target, Bed & Bath, and Home Depot to look for ideas.

Picking up the VW tomorrow

We are picking up the VW tomorrow morning at 10 am. We are pretty excited!!!!

Temporary Plates

Sam and I were able to make it to the NH-DMV today to get temporary plates for Sloth. I think that we are going to stick to the name. Sam wants to get a Sloth bumper sticker. I LOVE the idea!!! 20 hours till Vanagon pickup!!

License Plate

We are thinking of "SLOTH" for a name. Kurt has just tossed out a few more - "RIVI", "RVIERA." We will have a decision by next week.

Trials and Tribulations of Registering a 'No Title' Vehicle

Pulled out the money from the bank today - that was the easy part (believe it or not). Then drove to Lyndeborough at the speed of lightening to try to get to the town offices before 4pm (small town and not many hours); only to be told that we could not register the vehicle without filling in the "blue form." This means that we are going to have to get temporary plates. So in the mean time we are trying to think of a good vanity plate. So far our ideas are -- VANAG1 (for VanaGone), GEORGIE, GIDGET, and BERTHA. Any thoughts?

Interior

Sammy and I are going to be "remodeling" the interior. Get a good look at the before shots. Kurt is going to use his handyman skills and build all new cabinets. We are also going to (hopefully) install a wood floor.

Our new (very ugly) VW Riviera Vanagon!

We are picking up our new (to us) vanagon this weekend!!! Yippee!!! I am going to have to remember how to drive an old standard and we are going to have to teach Sammy how to drive an old standard. We are very excited!!! It is a Riviera conversion, that is why the top goes straight up and there are some differenent features with the interior (but Sam and I are going to alter some of those).