Tuesday 27th June – I Don’t Know What It Is

This morning was an especially late start thanks to our late night last night. We stuck to our usual ritual of cooked breakfast but had the house to ourselves since Debbie was off at work. I got straight to it after eating, replacing the cracked vacuum hoses of which there were three. It was all…

Monday 26th June – Maybe It’s the Vacuum Hose?

Another late start to the day, we had our breakfast, then we were off to find some advice. I’d hit a roadblock yesterday after pulling the injector system apart and needed to seek advice. Dan knew of a place he’d been to before so he offered to drive me over there. We discovered the place…

Sunday 25th June – Maybe It’s the Injectors?

This morning, after breakfast, I was straight out to the car to pull the throttle body off the top of the engine. I’m very grateful to Dan’s parents for letting me commandeer half of their garage so I didn’t have to work out in the sun. Dan helped me move some cars around and I…

Saturday 24th June – No Escape

We woke today ready to leave. We’d planned to head up to Flagstaff yesterday but our card playing and sleeping got in the way. Today though, it felt like the right time. Dan was getting itchy feet from being home for a while and I was happy to get somewhere out of the heat. We…

Friday 23rd June – Cards Tournament

For no reason whatsoever except for staying out late the last two nights playing pool, we slept in to an ungodly hour. Even when we did wake up, we didn’t leave the room. The cards were sitting on the bedside table so I grabbed them. We started playing Canasta first, then took a break for…

Thursday 22nd June – Astro Now Goes?

I’d set an alarm for 6am to get out and start work on the car before the heat hit, but I don’t even remember rolling over and turning it off. We didn’t emerge from the bedroom until late morning. After breakfast, it was time to finally face it. What’s wrong with the Astro. We moved…

Wednesday 21st June – So Hot Planes Won’t Fly

Another late start, we’d now had two solid sleeps, and were feeling blissful. With the house to ourselves, Dan made omelettes for brekky and killed it. I read the Wall Street Journal feeling proper American, then started catching up on all the blogging from Baja. Already fed up with a day of doing nothing, we…

Tuesday 20th June – Sleep, Race, Eat

Needless to say, we slept all the way in. I only got out of bed to go outside and do my SPOT, which I’d forgotten about last night in my fatigued state. Thankfully Derek kept me honest sending me a text early morning. We both checked on Hopper when we went to the bathroom and…

Monday 19th June – Start the Day Right, End it with a Fight

We had a pretty eventful night and morning at our free camp. Just before we went to bed, I’d wondered out loud to Dan what the moon would look like rising over the sea so late at night. Would it still be coloured since the sun was well past setting? I must have some sort…