One tough Beetle by bkbinthecity

One tough Beetle

On Sunday evening we spent time watching slides of Melody's family from many years ago. This is a shot of the family car, a volkswagon beetle, taken in Banff National Park.
They somehow got lost in their journey one day and ended up on this rather rough road. They continued on until they got to a point where the road was very narrow and they were sitting on the ledge. Fortunately they managed to back up and get themselves turned around and back to safety.
I have heard this story so many times over the years so it was kind of nice to see a picture to go with it after all of these years
What a great story!
August 22nd, 2012  
Great shot and story (and someone put the slide in backwards! lol)
August 22nd, 2012  
@swguevin Glad you liked it
August 22nd, 2012  
@lynnb Mel's Mom did that a lot so we just got a good chuckle out of it
August 22nd, 2012  
Great processing
August 22nd, 2012  
Dear old vauxwagen!
August 22nd, 2012  
A great vintage image. I love it!
August 22nd, 2012  
cool!
August 22nd, 2012  
Great car and wonderful story ♥
August 22nd, 2012  
WHat a great shot! I love the old beetles!
August 22nd, 2012  
wonderful little cars.
August 22nd, 2012  
Great story! A salute to the Beatle!
August 22nd, 2012  
That is a scary situation..one good thing in their favor was that the VW is small and that way easier to turn around on a very narrow road. oh how nice it is to go and look at old pictures..all the wonderful memories.
August 22nd, 2012  
Interesting story of a scary moment! How nice to have saved this great vintage photo of the Bug! Thanks for sharing.
August 22nd, 2012  
Wow! That's quite a story!
August 22nd, 2012  
That old saying, "They just don't make them like they used to!" really is true! Love those old Beetles!
August 22nd, 2012  
what a story ..I love the old beetles...I had one for awhile and still miss it!
August 22nd, 2012  
Awesome!
August 22nd, 2012  
A classic. Great shot and a great story, too.
August 22nd, 2012  
Fab classic car; great story I would have been scared half to death
August 22nd, 2012  
they should've sent this pic along with the story to volkswagen. the beetle as a family car - i like that! although in high school, we did fit 9 into a beetle like this. and then someone did something and we stampeded out to get fresh air. ah, the stories the beetle had witnessed.
August 22nd, 2012  
Great story.
August 22nd, 2012  
Kim
Love the story - it is nice to have a picture to go with it. My family love viewing old slides to - we even make popcorn to eat while we watch.
August 22nd, 2012  
Great story and a lovely pic of the `` Kever `` ( Dutch ) My dad drove this car
most time of his life.
August 22nd, 2012  
The picture looking old and grainy goes perfectly with the story.
August 22nd, 2012  
I have done that before, terrific shot
August 23rd, 2012  
We had a yellow one. Nice shot.
August 23rd, 2012  
Classic! I love looking at old pictures and slides!
August 23rd, 2012  
@kerristephens Actually Kerri I took this shot off of the screen as we were watching the slides
August 23rd, 2012  
@maggiemae I love the fact that there are still some of these on the road even today
August 23rd, 2012  
@lleucullwyd Glad you enjoyed it
August 23rd, 2012  
@ellen Glad you like it
August 23rd, 2012  
@aromatic Glad you enjoyed it
August 23rd, 2012  
@hasselhotch They are a true classic car
August 23rd, 2012  
@http365proj Yes they certainly are
August 23rd, 2012  
@paulavdmerwe I never thought of that but I guess it would be
August 23rd, 2012  
@bruni That is one of the things I love about looking a pictures
August 23rd, 2012  
@cimes1 Glad to share it with everyone
August 23rd, 2012  
@sparkleplenty1 Glad you liked it
August 23rd, 2012  
@olivetreeann I would have to say that is so true when it comes to this car
August 23rd, 2012  
@cindyrez I would love to get my hands on one of these if I could
August 23rd, 2012  
@sabanford Glad you liked it
August 23rd, 2012  
@mittens Glad you enjoyed it
August 23rd, 2012  
@claireuk They were scared to death and even to this day they do not like getting to close to an edge whenever we go to the mountains
August 23rd, 2012  
@summerfield Great stories indeed
August 23rd, 2012  
@nadaa Glad you like it
August 23rd, 2012  
@kimshots Well we have not gone that far at least not yet
August 23rd, 2012  
@pyrrhula My Dad's cousin had one I remember riding in
August 23rd, 2012  
@tonydebont Glad you like it
August 23rd, 2012  
@wenbow Thanks Wendy
August 23rd, 2012  
@janets Thanks Janet
August 23rd, 2012  
@mrssmith Reflecting back on good times and good memories is so much fun indeed
August 23rd, 2012  
Nice story - glad it had a happy ending! A great shot of a classic car!
August 23rd, 2012  
@if1 Thanks Ian
August 24th, 2012  
This is a great story and love the photo. Had a beetle the same color myself years ago. Brings back memories.
August 25th, 2012  
@darsphotos We came across a volkswagon car show downtown and got some nice shots in of some great looking cars
August 26th, 2012  
@bkbinthecity So glad you shared this photo, Brian. Great memories for me.
August 26th, 2012  
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