Equal times of daylight and dark, depending on your location. Today is the marking point where the minutes of darkness will gain over the daylight, until we reach the winter solstice. It's the time we say good-bye to summer (although you wouldn't know that here in the desert).
Historically, the autumnal equinox has as its main symbolism the abundance of the harvest and the gathering of the fruits related to work, and it is also an important time to express gratitude for the projects 'sown' throughout the year, as well as to begin to review what we have achieved.
Of course, the adjustment of daylight and darkness varies, depending on whether you are above or below the mid-latitudes... closer you get to the Equator, the less difference in that timing; where north of those mid-latitudes, the change of darkness over daylight is more pronounced.
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We have a plan and a reservation for a short maiden outing with the Roadtrek. More on this as it plays out... heading out tomorrow.
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I have mentioned the Leisure Travel Van we had in the 2000s. We do have some history with vans. When Joan and I were dating in high school, I had a '61 Ford Econoline van. I paid $100 for it... it was not pristine. Pretty sure Joan's parents were not happy to see me pull up on a motorcycle... and even more sure the van was even worse. No, I don't have any photos of that Ford.
When we were newlyweds, we had moved up to this...
Yep, the original "hippie bus."
We moved up quite a bit by 1975, when we bought a Dodge Street Van (vans were a hot item back then). We built it out ourselves... it had a fixed bed, a small sink with a hand pump to a 5 gallon jug for fresh water and another 5 gallon jug for the gray water. Joan bought me a radio that would get TV bands (so I could use it in the darkroom) - we could listen to our favorite TV shows while out and about. After tent camping, we were living large!
Yeah, that is shag carpet on the walls. LOL
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I learned to drive in the family 1967 VW van exactly like that one - same color even. 0-60 mph is seven minutes, give or take. And the 1964 Beetle. Dad was into Volkswagens because they were easy to repair. Good luck with the shakedown cruise.
Yep, we had a 63, then a 67 Beetle, and that 67 van. Also had a Westfalia camper in the 80s that we used as a portable dressing room for the studio. Replaced that with a Chevy Open Road van conversion for the same purpose. Ah, the good ol' days. We are rolling - so far, so good!
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