Our red ’87 VW Westfalia camper van will be our home for the 3-month Alberta-California-Newfoundland road trip. We named her “Lucky” because, according to the Chinese, the colour red symbolizes luck and also drives away misfortune and evil spirits. Indeed, we were lucky to find her after our white ’86 Westy was written off in April 2008 – that’s when a pipe burst in the underground garage of our downtown Calgary apartment, causing an epic flood that drowned the white van. We lived a life-changing 5 months in that van during our 2007 sabbatical. Our website’s banner pays homage to the dearly departed white Westy.
Love the name, Lucky!