Ode to Wild Thing

We said farewell to a family member today. Wild Thing was a Mexican-built 1974 Volkswagen Thing, which we adopted into our family in May of 2007. His former foster father was Charlie Van Allen, a dear friend and fellow MVVC member, who lived in the tiny hamlet of Caro, in Michigan’s Thumb Region. Charlie was a Social Services Case Worker, and a huge Volkswagen enthusiast. He already owned a white VW Thing, named Thing One, so perhaps he was looking