Tuesday 4th July – Independence Day in Colorado

We had an uncharacteristically early start thanks to the bright sun and my need to get up and relieve myself. The view from the back doors was beautiful yet again so I was straight back in bed. Dan commanded me to lie in bed while he made breakfast. He already knew I’d be hungover from…

Monday 3rd July – Lazy Independence Day Eve

We had another late start to a beautiful morning in the forest. No hangovers to use as an excuse this time, but that didn’t matter to us! We played cards in bed (I won) before making breakfast. We were especially excited to cook up a storm this morning because we had a bit of mince…

Sunday 2nd July – Disc Hunting

We had a very, very lazy morning. We’d slept with our doors open to the forest and didn’t see any reason to hurry out of bed. We watched cars come and go along the dirt road and even spotted a few mountain bikers. Upon looking at my trail maps, I discovered we were parked right…

Saturday 1st July – We Bloody Made It!

Emmi was knocking at our door early in the morning looking for playmates. I didn’t know what the sound was and it scared the crap out of me, but when Dan yelled out, “Emmi, stop it!” it all made sense. Dan had a better night’s sleep than yesterday but was still sleepy by the time…

Friday 30th June – Maybe It’s the Fuel Pump (Again)?

We woke early thanks to a 7:30am alarm. Debbie had warned us that her cleaning ladies would be tearing the house apart at 8am so we had to up and about so we could be out of the way. Just as they got started we left the house to go out for breakfast on Debbie’s…

Thursday 29th June – Highs Then Lows

I didn’t even get out of bed to finish watching the Baku Grand Prix, I just leant over to the side and grabbed my laptop while Dan snoozed beside me. I could barely contain my excitement with all the drama of the race. With Ricciardo the triumphant winner, a Hamilton-Vettel drama and a teenage rookie…

Wednesday 28th June – I’m a Student Again

I started the day with a fresh mind. Despite a bad half-night’s sleep where I dreamed about things installed in my car upside down and fuel lines going everywhere, I was prepared to use scientific method to approach this problem. I got my books out at breakfast, but didn’t really start getting into it until…

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…