Jetta 4 Sale...Clambake, and the Skunking of Lama

SATURDAY of LAST was our deadline to sell the Jetta GLX '97, a car which we all loved much, and called 'Shu Di' after the tonifier Chinese herb Shu Di Huang, a black sticky substance that resembles demitasse sized cow poop. Well, we still had the car with us when we departed from our home of the Lipton Tea House on Cortland, Bernal Heights. We were getting desparate, because it was not in our plans to take the extra vehicle into Mexico. ...at the last moment, Saturday we did sell it to a young guy named Art Gonzales, who really loved the car, but had all of his Sr. Gonzaleses (uncle, dad, brother) bargaining hard and fierce for our beloved sportster. We rolled over and gave it up for certainly less than what it was worth to us, but to see the young guy drive off in it with a true smile of enjoyment was acceptable.

We then left Oakland at last to drive all the way to Bodega Dunes Campground. This is one of the areas of our planet we love most, Sonoma County Pacific side in Northern California. It was Bill Beth and Beyond's birthday so we had a clambake and BBQ'd oysters from the Bodega Head area, really marvelous. We also roasted Cod and Rockfish on the campsite grill.

All had fun, and we socialized around the campfire until about 10. Erika put Lama in the Mexi Submarine, and at that moment a sneaky little skunk approached the meal table. Well, Lama was not going to let our friends' campsite be attacked by a rodent, not for a second. In less than 2 seconds, our scene was cleared of all rodent behavior, but Lama took a big hit for the campsites' safety... still feeling and smelling the effects of that (no, Eugene, it does NOT smell like garlic and onions..)