Colour Me Lucky

From a cherry- red Triumph, to the classic, maritime blues and butter yellows, to the soft pink and purple lupins lining the ditches, it has been a colourful day here in Newfoundland.

The sports car belongs to Steve Hicks, member of the VW Happy Campers Facebook group who worked on our coolant leak, refusing all payment. Sadly the fix wasn’t a complete success but Steve gave us a contact (a fellow Westy cheerleader) and an address to order a new part in St John’s. Fingers crossed, we will limp into the provincial capital for the repair by month’s end.

Steve is a colourful character, retired mechanical engineer, owns a 1973 VW bus, and attended the Woodstock reprise concert a few years back with his wife Mary. Has about 6-7 restoration projects on the go at any one time.

So each time I find the tell-tale lime green coolant under our van, I say to myself … chin up, keep on going … you’re a lucky, lucky man. Newfoundland in July … it can’t get much better than this.Read more