It’s a month into winter, and we’re finally on our way. Our itinerary looks like this: Atlanta Young Harris, GA Knoxville, TN Memphis, TN Norman, OK Irving, TX Austin, TX Big Bend, TX Carlsbad Caverns, NM That Big Meteor Crater, AZ Canyon de Chelly, AZ The Grand Canyon, AZ Some Petrified Forests Moab, UT Zion…
Dad’s mechanic took a listen to the Miata and said, “Your timing belt is on too tight. That’s why it’s squeaking. But not tight enough that you have to fix it. It’ll loosen up.” So we’re off today for Atlanta. Maybe we’ll swing by your neighborhood soon!
Well, I got new lenses for my glasses today. My lenses were 2 years old, and they went from being annoyingly scratched to nearly useless after catching a .45 casing on New Years day. Turns out my prescription has changed slightly… I could still read the 20/20 line with my old glasses, but everything is…
My car is now in many pieces. I’d forgotten just how much of a pain removing the timing belt in order to replace the water pump is. The bearing is definitely bad in the old one. I’ve gotten the old water pump removed, but that’s it. The o-ring that came with my new water pump…
We purchased our rings from a broker in Memphis recommended to us by Berck’s cousins. They are titanium, brushed on top with polished, beveled edges, with two gold stripes running around them… racing stripes. We like the symbolism.