Humbugs VW Show and Busfest

Finally did our first long mile car show and camping trip! We traveled roughly 600 miles, give or take a few, this last weekend Aug 9-11th. We went to the Humbugs VW Show in McKinleyville CA. 

This is a pic of my hubby's 64 bus. He lead the way.

We found a shoe tree along the way.

 Kind of got off track, went down this dirt road. NOT. LOL We actually stopped on the side of the road and I thought it would be fun to back up the hill a bit and then take pics. LOL

Stopped for a rest in the woods.

 We were originally going to stay at Clam Beach, but after arriving there we didn't like what we saw. The price was not agreeing with us either. So after a short drive down the road we found a nice little RV Park. They only charged us 20 bucks to park in the tent area.

 Watching a movie that night! The headbanger shelf came in hand for hanging the iPad from. Made a great way to watch and lay in bed!

 The view out the window of the place we ate breakfast the next morning.

 At the VW Show.

 Thought this was kind of cool. A widened 69 bug. Has a big V8 motor in it.

 My bus won Best Type 2 Late Model!!!

Bob's won Crusty Love! :D

After the show we decided to head to Antioch to catch Busfest. We made it about 30 miles out and decided to get a hotel for the night. Bob's bus doesn't lock so he tied the passenger and driver doors together and then had me pull my bus as close as I could so people couldn't open the side doors. :D

The next day we headed to Busfest.

We met our friend Dewey there. That is his bus in between mine and Bob's.

 I kind of like this bus. :D

After Busfest we followed Dewey back to Sacramento. Then home.

On the Ferry

We had a good time and it was pretty much an uneventful trip for the buses.  We only had a problem with Bob's bus leaking some oil, but if he didn't push it going down the road, it did ok and didn't lose much oil. Then mine lost it's power to the power source for my accessories and my dome lights. Didn't get that figured out till just today. Ended up being a wire that fell off the back of the fuse panel. I'm having a friend come over in the next day or so to work on my fuse panel to insure this doesn't happen again. For now I have it fixed so all works again.

Looking forward to another camping trip. 

New Canvas

Well, we finally got my new canvas installed. :D

Before

Installing the new one.

Installed the fringe that was donated from a 74 bus.

All done.

I also installed a set of "Ambulance" fans. Basically they are fans that install into the fresh air vent to push air. Now I will have an easier time staying cool in traffic. :D

Had to drill my first hole in my dash. So much for original. LOL

Here is a picture of the fans. I stole it from the web, forgot to take pics of mine. LOL

I also bought a new windsock pole. This one is from the UK. It actually bends like I want it to. My other pole was to stiff. This one is 29 foot tall. :D

Tomorrow 8/9/13, we leave for our camping trip to McKinnleville. We are going to a VW show up there and will be spending the night and then possibly make it back to Antioch for busiest the next day.