Hey Babe,
Had a good night sleep, got up and going pretty early, and after chores and breakfast I got the Buick started. It wanted to stall out on me at idle a few time, but I kept it running. The computer will just have to re-balance everything for awhile. It sounded pretty iffy, and I was worried about the tires, afraid that one was too low to drive on, and now that I don’t have a compressor, I thought it might be a problem, but it was still in the mid-20’s psi, so I headed out, slowly. Pretty rough sounding, but it got me to the post office, where one of the gals there started wheeling out my tires even before I came inside! Considering she hadn’t ever seen me in that vehicle, that was pretty amazing! Love those gals! Got them loaded in the trunk and headed over to Western Auto, where the mechanic there said he was working on another job so it would be a while. Stepped into the famous Cracker Cafe and drank coffee and read for an hour, then when I came back, he was on the very last tire/ Such speedy service! Left there and went to brother Glenn’s to service his pool, delighted that most of the front end vibration problem seems to have been solved with the new tires, though it was still running pretty rough. Then on the way back stopped at the Shell station, filled up with their highest octane fuel (93) plus a bottle of Lucas high mileage fuel injection cleaner, and headed back toward camp. It was slowly improving as the gas started getting through the system. I bypassed the camp and drove all the way to the lake before turning around. I did some sprints along the way, and it was definitely improving as we went along, so I’m hoping that once it’s had some mileage through the system, the roughness will finally working its way out of it, and she’ll run like the Panther she is! Spent the afternoon working on the latest draft of the map James is working on, and updated the equestrian reservation database so I can get a better picture of who and when to expect the horse campers in the upcoming weeks. Not as busy as I thought so far, but I’m sure that will change. Settled down for the evening, my latest binge are old Hart to Hart episodes, I always liked that series. I remember watching that when I was young, hoping I’d have a relationship like theirs. Little did I know at the time that I would, with you! Not the wealthy part, of course, but the rest of the banter was just like us! So I’m enjoying that, even though it’s very retro. Heading off for shower and bed shortly, so glad our Black Panther is back on the road! Hope she stays reliable, gas is $2.00 a gallon cheaper than diesel right now, so I should be making my money back before long! Good night, sweetie! Love you!
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