Tagged: big-blue-van

Routine maintenance day 1

Routine maintenance day

That’s it, I’m done with all the routine maintenance before restarting my adventures.  It all started with the oil pressure gauge fix a few days ago… yesterday I completed the oil change, transmission fluid and filter change (in desperate need), rotated the tires, replaced the front shocks (one had failed...

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A new bike rack

The past few months I have been hauling around this mountain bike inside the Compact Jr trailer behind the van. With the trailer being stored I was in need of a new way to transport the bike. I did have a hitch-mount rack for the rear, but I desperately need...

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Inside the van known as Big Blue

  Big Blue is a 1989 Dodge Maxi-van with a 5.9 liter V8 engine. His name is not Big Blue actually. It is “Jonas”, named after a large whale that traveled the world (but was cursed to never touch water) from a book I loved in my earlier years. I...