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Seven days and 2,274 miles

My wife and I had relocated to Ottawa, Canada for a work opportunity, arriving with only the basics of household goods and one vehicle. Sadly, I had to leave the Bus back in Idaho. I was starting to miss it when my wife suggested possibly bringing it to Ottawa. I looked at various options such as having it delivered, but it was rather expensive; plus shipping internationally was another problem. That’s how driving it here became the plan. I had intended to make the trip this fall because air-cooled VWs like cool air and so do the vintage VW pilots! As with most plans, things changed when a window of opportunity presented itself to make the trip over the 4th of July. I would fly back to Idaho and my son

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