It's interesting to read this - written during Nixon's re-election and the Vietnam War - in the light of later events. ( )

Mike and Mark set off to "find America in the "Doonesbuggy". They have several adventures along the way, and pick up Joanie Caucus, a runaway middle-aged housewife who will one day be Mike's mother-in-law, and she moves into Walden. Her first job is at a day-care. Mike volunteers for the McGovern campaign, the first of many quixotic volunteer experiences. Joanie and Scot begin a short but unfulfilled dating experience. B.D. travels to Nam to visit Phred. ( )