Here it is Monday morning.
The sun has come up bright, the sky is clear.
All the Dragons I've been fighting for the past 2 years have been Vanquished!
Only their smoking carcasses remain.

Winter of '19-'20 I repaired the climate control.
New amplifier, rebuilt servo, rebuilt mode switch, new compressor relay.
Last week I gave her a can of "Refrigerant for R-12 Systems," (doubtless propane).
Boy Howdy, that did the trick! Cabin is COLD now. She *Likes* that stuff!

Front suspension is re-bushed, Radius arms the same.
Tires should last a Lot longer than 25.000 miles now.

Nix is still clean from her last trip to town to the Emissions Testing Station.
She's Itching to get out on the Open Road.
Today I'll order new tires.

And, when I have all my Monday responsibilities finished, we're going for a Cruise!
Maybe only out to I-5 for a trip to Redding, but we're going for a DRIVE!

Report to follow............
(';')

 

Go For It Baby!

 

That was EXHILARATING!!
I came in and asked husband, "Ya wanna go for a ride?" "Sure!" he said. So we got in Nix and took off.

I found a new and different path to I-5 that I hadn't taken before, quite deliberately I might add. A BIG sign read, NO TRUCKS. Just my sort of road.

It was little more than a paved cow path through the countryside that followed section lines. (A section of land is one square mile, 640 acres.) As these lines also separate properties, the curves are relatively sharp but fairly well banked because the County takes as little land as possible for these roads. In some places there are yellow lines down the center but most drivers ignore them and happily cut the apexes to make time. The land is quite flat so it's easy to see for a couple miles if anyone is coming.

One negotiates a curve, then Floors It for a mile to the next curve, squeals around using ALL the pavement (careful not to fall into the HOLES where drivers have undershot or overshot), and FLOORS it to the next curve which is in the opposite direction. In this way one zig-zags across Miles of open country. It's not fast, but is a Whale of a lot of fun. Some might say it's a bit hard on tires but I've ordered new ones anyway so I'll get my use out of these.

I-5 in Northern California has become a race track especially down in the valley. Posted speed 70 mph but only Big Rigs are moving that slow. Everyone else is doing at least 80. I was passed once like I was standing still. Guy had to be doing 95+. I was just as happy to have him in front. WAY in front, even though in 135 miles we didn't see even ONE enforcement person.

The only turbulence was along the freeway corridor, wind from passing vehicles but sometimes that was considerable, like when I was passing a line of Big Rigs. Other than that, not even a butterfly ventured into the traffic flow.

One climbs several hundred feet from the valley floor to Redding (where I exited and re-entered, making basically a U-turn back to the freeway), but Nix didn't even seem to notice. On the steeper hills 3 lanes allow big Rigs to pass each other while the rest of us go around the lot.

Climate control kept us comfy while landscape and slower traffic whizzed by.
What a good Sprint!

New tires installed June 7 at 7 am!
Nix is SO excited.
(';')

 

Sounds like you all had a blast!

Jack

 

It seemed like a good idea to find just where the tire installer is in town, as I do Not like being in the dark when I have an appointment deadline (next Monday, June 7, 7am), so we went for another Cruise.

Of course we had to stop at a couple other places in the meantime.

As a BLACK cat, Nix prefers shade.

I found the place, as Doug suggested, a Hot Rod shop.

The fella I talked to seemed like a nice guy on the phone.
I'll report back on my adventure.
This could be a Lot of fun!
(';')

 

Appears as you should be in good hands. Good Luck.

Jack