With Conor leaving early Thursday morning, it gave me the day to get some things done from my to-do list that I have been building up. All are small items that will just make my life easier as I get back on the road under my current circumstances. A simple...
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...
For the past two years, the oil pressure gauge in Big Blue has been slowly dropping. I’ve been watching it with concern and reading up on probable causes. A few days ago, on our most recent drive, the gauge barely read any pressure at all and the big red warning...
Well, a talk with my Mother last week prompted me to put the mini van up on Craig’s List for sale. We bought the little guy last year for only $600, stripped out the back seats (making it completely useless as a van) and added in a bed/couch system, I...
Upon rescuing the mini-van I found that the interior bed/couch and table top had been removed. It was back to a 2-seat cargo van, which was not all that comfortable when I used it to go camping this past weekend. So I set out to rebuild the bed and a...
Sunday afternoon I flew out of Denver International into Phoenix International where I was picked up by my sister and bro-in-law. They dropped me off at the mini-van where we hugged and parted ways, and I began the 950 mile drive back into Colorado. This evening at 5PM I arrived...
Last month I completely demo’d the interior of the trailer. Since then I have been slowly picking away at the rebuild and have finally reached a the stage where I can start building the trailer back up. My first step in the rebuild was to repaint the interior walls after...
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...
Since I am bound to the Colorado area (give or take a state) over the next month or three the rebuild of the Compact Jr trailer has begun. I do not expect it to be a speedy process, but over the next few months I will be slowly rebuilding the...
My excitement has been building up over the last few weeks… knowing I get to hang out with my son, my cat, and my precious – my 1978 Datsun 280z. I checked in on the car the first day I got back into Colorado, making sure it started up… success!...
