2021 – STILL in covid lockdown…

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I don’t want to beat a dead horse (how disgusting, but was there ever a time when that was an actual thing literally??) but covid is irritating. How can life come to such a halt based on data that can’t possibly be mathematically reliable?

Anyway, looks like I will have to keep it local this summer with the bus, I had wanted to take some long road trips but I’ll have to wait I guess. I’ve been out a bit, Jake my dog actually gets annoyed if I take the bus out on the road and I don’t invite him to sit in HIS seat as co-pilot as evidenced by my third son regaling me with tales of Jake-woe, whining and moaning until I get back from a solo trip.

Jake sits in his seat and blows his eyelids wide open with his head out the window. I imagine it looks pretty funny from someone passing me on the passenger side of the bus, with said fluffy white dog joy riding his head in the wind, blinking furiously against the gusts pushing his eyes wider than doggedly possible. All that’s missing is his tongue dangling out of the side of his mouth and he’d be a wee white Marmaduke.

Day trip to Port Stanley. House cleaning needed in here, but a warm hot cocoa with this little fellow on my lap while staring at the distant lake is a wonderful way to spend a few hours.

I also recently was riding my cool beans Honda 500x motorcycle with a riding buddy and came across some people who were driving in tandem, one ‘71 VW green bus and one ‘84 westy. I’ve since made friends with these people and we rode to St Mary’s to meet a couple of other bay window bus people.

That’s it there. A 2020. It’s a pretty fun ride, although it scares the crap out of me each time I get on it, but it’s too fun to stop.
It’s like Volkswagen Christmas with the red and green, and then theres my beat up, rat rod paint job, or more accurately LACK of paint job bus. Seamus is like the kid who went to school and never showered or brushed his hair. Well that’s me except I do shower, brushing hair, not so much. The Green one is a 71, the red one is a 72, and my ‘black front, but multi coloured rusty’ one is a 75.
See that cool blue westy? The owner is from Spain and has driven all over and he also possesses a ton of mechanical knowledge. We stopped at Firestation Coffeehouse in Wortley Village, London.

If covid would go take a long walk off a short pier, I’d say I’ve got some fun times ahead with these cool ‘bus people’. The Bus People… has a nice yet slightly ‘watch out these people are unpredictable and weird’ ring to it. Or maybe it’s just me. 🙂

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