Almost bus camping

I believe it has been well established on the early pages of this blog that I have always wanted a camping bus, or for my truck camper to be outfitted for actual long camping trips. I am one (or two) steps closer to the dream.

One, Jon has a split window that is going to be my camping bus. He is restoring it right now. It is beige and white and has all the original westfalia camping accessories. I LOVE accessories! I want all the little cubbies and cupboards and tables and whatnot. I want my bus to be decked out!

Second, Jon has many other friends who also have Volkswagen buses. One friend, one of the Mikes, also has a split window camping bus. Mike is hard-core and actually lives in his bus. He has all the accessories and stuff. I love his bus! So now, here's the story: A couple of weeks ago, we went "almostbuscamping" with the two Mikes. I say almost because Mike brought his bus on the camping trip, so it was present, but I wasn't in it. Anyway, we had a spectacular time with three dogs, 4 people, really good brats from Sunflower Market (my favorite grocery store ever), and a guitar. Um, there were bears too, but we only heard them. They were probably scared of Lucky and Ole.

Here is the fully accessorized bus: Ole and his favorite activity Lucky, and his favorite activity - getting love

Bus mike and his dog, Button, also getting love.

It's our "family"! awwwww. Check out this crazy bus and it's mad off-roading skills. Whew! It made it down the hill!The mikes, very happy, in the busA blast from the past. But seriously, how cool is this shot?
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. hmm.

Introducing Ole

We have had a new addition to the Office of Lucky. No I am not pregnant! But we did go down to the local animal shelter, and Jon picked out a puppy.We first met Ole on July 22, 2008, and he came home to my house after a very traumatic surgery on July 24. He stayed at my house for three weeks while he learned some important skills: peeing outside, walking on a leash, going into his cage, and not chewing his people or their stuff. Well, he managed two of the five, and they were not the most important ones. He must be a "late bloomer". All grievances are easily and readily forgiven when you see this face, though. Take a look. Here is his first photo shoot.

In case you were wondering, Ole is 7-9 months old, weighs about 52 lbs, and is probably almost purely yellow lab. His favorite activities are eating, swimming and playing fetch, and he has now moved into his "branch office" at Jon's house.