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Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:04 am

Directory updated. Mark it a cool 15, now.

I've been glancing at these blogs - everyone has some great stuff. This will be a good help for other people searching.

gmag thanks for recommending vwwestland's thread. Anyone else have good blogs or blog-esque threads to recommend?

All the blogs on this directory have been added to my blog's links now, too. I'm not driving much traffic through mine, but maybe it will get a couple of people to click through to your blogs ... plus every link helps raise your google search rankings.

There you go - smile at your Blog titles tattooed on my parchment \:D/ (I should add that it's in no particular order, for now, except for Mathieu2k4's Volkswagen Wonderlust. Sorry man, I don't expect many french readers!)

Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:15 am

73kombi wrote: What's a Blog?

From Mr. Wick I. Pedia, Ph. D.:

Quote: A blog (a contraction of the term "web log")[1] is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.

Click some of the links on the directory. You'll mostly find that we're sharing either our stories of restoring our buses or traveling in them. There is some general VW interest posting sprinkled throughout, but primarily these blogs are about sharing experiences.

Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:50 pm

Deltfather wrote:
gmag thanks for recommending vwwestland's thread.

No problem.He def.needs to be here.His bus is amazing. 8)

Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:58 pm

Samba Member Chrisradioman
Blog Name Chug Chug the 1977 Westfalia Helsinki
Brief Description Blog about the restoration of my Bay which ended in tradgedy
URL http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=255906&highlight=chug+chug

Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:31 am

I hope that by this coming summer my wife and I will be able to get some time to do some camping, but with her work she will have to take some weekend vacation. She is a 7 day person.

Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:51 am

Chug chug thread added ... man, that's a great/sad thread.

I'm thinking about changing the title to The Bay Window Bus Thread & Blog Directory. More descriptive or too wordy?

Our list is already very impressive, but I want to be sure that we're not missing some other awesome threads because their authors ignore this thread when they see "blog."

What does everyone think?

Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:59 am

Samba Member dubluvv
Blog Name Rescued a '76 Westy this weekend! *slowly reviving*
Brief Description Thread with info on my '76 Westy rebuild
URL: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=343842

Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:37 pm

Samba Member: BampaBus
Blog Name: Restoring Our 1973 Westfalia
Brief Description: Stripped it down, painted and reassembled
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=368061

Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:03 pm

I really like seeing all the personal threads. I didn't realize so many people did that. Very cool.

Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:40 am

Thread title updated to Bay Window Bus Thread & Blog Directory

Directory updated to include the new additions. We're now at 18!

Many thanks everyone who has submitted.

BigBlueVW's right, I'm glad that we're getting so many personal threads added to this directory.

Keep 'em coming ...

Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:36 pm

Deltfather wrote: Chug chug thread added ... man, that's a great/sad thread.

I'm thinking about changing the title to The Bay Window Bus Thread & Blog Directory. More descriptive or too wordy?

Our list is already very impressive, but I want to be sure that we're not missing some other awesome threads because their authors ignore this thread when they see "blog."

What does everyone think?
Thanks M8. :)

Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:29 am

Our blog is http://www.pennyntranny.blogspot.com

It isn't anything too special; just us rambling about the work we do on our VWs.

Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:57 pm

You can add mine (a couple of the better ones):

calebmelvin

Nilla
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=354549&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Hippie Bus
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=353044&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Found in the woods
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=317538&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:37 pm

Samba Member- jasonrmecham
Blog Name - My Bus
Brief Description - Restoration of a 73 Transporter into a Daily Driver
URL - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347354

Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:11 pm

Samba Member: Kirk
Blog Name: Gulliver; The '78 Westfalia Camper
Brief Description: Slow build (and later travels) of Gulliver, my camper.
URL: http://aircoolerkirk.blogspot.com/

The build of my 69 Transporter: WARNING PIC HEAVY
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=358316&highlight=

Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:56 pm

Samba Member: thirteen
Blog Name: Happy Medium
Brief Description: My 1970 bus/home/recording studio/farm(growing wheatgrass :)).. going on the road in a little while..traveling back home to the rainbow family gatherings.. Happy medium is my "band" which is just myself playing all instruments.. blog is not just about the music though
URL: www.happymediumusic.tumblr.com

Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:10 am

Thirteen I know you are - Who else is actively on the road in their VW and regularly updates a blog I can link to for an article? Or is planning to be for the summer 2010? What I'd like to do is get at least 10 active blogs from bus drivers who are on the road for the summer and a photo of their bus with a paragraph descriptions of their destination (if you have one) and maybe a short bio. I can scrape most of that from the blogs myself. Everything will link back to you, of course. Anyone out there that fits the description?

And my blog submission:

Samba Member: sillygringo
Blog Name: freewheelings
Brief Description: I spent the first 10 years of my "adulthood" as an engineer. I intend to spend the next 10 as a vegabond in my '71 bay, and I hope to find a way to earn a living doing it. My blog is about travel, the great stuff the world has to offer and making my own path without the aid of convention to any extent greater than that that I see as wholeheartedly fit
URL: http://www.freewheelings.com

Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:33 pm

Hey Gringo,
I ran across this blog. I don't know these folks, but it''s an interesting bus blog to follow. You could contact them I am sure. Have a look:
http://robieandannabelleontheroad.tumblr.com/
My blog is mostly about restoration at this point, but you are welcome to have a look. Hope you like it.
http://thevwbusblog.blogspot.com/
I would be interested in reading about the blogs you find. I especially love reading the "on the road" stories.
Keep me in mind when you publish the list.
Scotty

Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:45 pm

Samba Member: barefootwestie
Blog Name: My 1973 Volkswagon Westfalia Restoration
Brief Description: Follow me along the trail
URL: http://tangerinemoons.com/blogs/my73vwbus/

Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:47 pm

wow. never thought of publishing.. im not a real money man. a few albums will soon come from this journey.. Maybe a book who knows. I do write and draw etc but never for $$ thats last on my list.. anyways i love all vw related blogs.. keep up the good work ;)