I’ve had the good fortune to take two amazing cross-country road trips – with my son Dan in 2012 and with my daughter Cashel in 2013.

In between, there have been a bunch of other driving adventures – from New England down to the Carolinas, a jaunt along the Outer Banks, and a pair of spins from Arizona to the Southern California coast.  In a different vehicle each time.

For this trip with my uncle, I’d really like to get behind the wheel of a classic.  For a couple of native San Franciscans, I can think of no better ride than a Volkwagen bus, late ’60s or early ’70s.