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Everything's Gonna Be Alright!
So, what do you figure would be the worst thing that could happen
to us? Well, OK, we're not dead or hurt but can you believe we've
been made homeless again?!? AGAIN!!! How can that happen? We live
in a van for goodness sakes! Well, not any more. At least not in
our dearly loved vintage Mercedes 508D. For those who have visited
with us, you know what a wonderful home it was.
What happened? Lance turned left and a tram didn't. It was
amazing to watch as the tram (train) ripped and crushed the driver's
front corner of our van away, shattering the windshield into a
billion little chunks of glass. In most accidents there is one
sickening crunch and it's over; but in this one, the sickening crunch
went on and on and on as the tram scraped and pulled forward almost
into the second tram car before being able to stop. Donna's door
had to be kicked open from the inside indicating the body had been
twisted badly. In shock and horror she kept saying between sobs and
tears that "It's over, our life on the road is over! We can't afford
another van."
All this happened the day before we were to begin a one month
tour of Germany. (15 January 2001). After this tour, we have
non-refundable tickets booked to the USA to meet Lance's new
grandson! It will be our first trip back to Tennessee in two years
to see our families.
It's hard to look at the bright side but, we are trying to do
that.
Right now, a friend from Köln (Cologne) loaned us his car
for a week or so (brave guy, huh!) and we've started the tour.
Hopefully, by the end of the month we can afford another van to try
to make another home on the road. The old saying is "either you have
time or money".
Unfortunately, right now we have neither. Normally we operate on
luck and love. Love we still have, now we're waiting for our luck to
change !
To our German friends, if you know of a early or mid-1980's
Mercedes 508 or 608-9 (Diesel) van for a very reasonable price, we
would appreciate an e-mail. And if you know somewhere we might be
able to salvage this one... we would appreciate this information too.
Or a place near Köln that we can safely park the van until we
are able to dismantle the inside for building into the next van.
Check our web site for our locations in Germany in the next month
and even if you can't help us with the van problem, come say
hello!
Your "Blues Troubadours"
Lance and Donna
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