Good Morning!!!! 37F @ 5:30AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 56F. Winds light and variable.
Sounds like quite a misadventrure, Jay, Peg sounds like quite a trooper to stick with the vacation. When my left wrist was broken, the first cast was shaped such that I couldn't touch my thumb to my forefinger, making that hand pretty much worthless. The cast was also too tight, and as the hand swelled, the pressure was unbearable. Went back to the hospital, and they recast it. This time, before the plaster set, I wiggled my fingers and got my grip back. Mine was a novicular break, notorious for not healing because of low blood flow in that area. Ended up having surgery to have a screw installed to hold the bone ends together. Two years later it was still painful, but the doctors at Kaiser could find nothing wrong. That year at re-enrollment time, I opted out and found a real doctor, who discovered that the screw had not been set deep enough, and the head was rubbing on the bone next to it. Another surgery followed to remove the screw, and it's been fine ever since. Doctors, even surgeons, come in all grades, just like mechanics, plumbers, and car salesmen. Since then I've been much more reluctant to take "no" for an answer when told "oh, it's just you getting old".
I also had a full rack of baby back ribs in the saddle bag when I had that accident. Called a buddy of mine to come get me out of the hospital, and when we got to my place, he hitched a trailer up to my truck and we got the bike back out of the impound lot that same evening. The ribs were still warm and tasted great.:licking:
I hit something on the freeway with that 5 Series BMW, Drew, but CarFax never found out. So you might want to get the report when you go to sell your truck so you can see for yourself. And I wouldn't worry so much on your way west about being stopped by a trooper. Nobody's smuggling dope to California these days. :laughing: It might be another matter once you turn east though, especially with those North Carolina plates. I also wonder if you can even purchase legal marijuana in California as an out of stater. They way it's been rolled out, there are no state wide guidelines, and each locality seems to be making up the rules as they go. It's still illegal at the federal level, something to keep in mind when it comes time to cross into Nevada, Oregon, or Arizona.
Hope the wind stays brisk for you, Wng, and you figure out how to give your Pepes a final send off real soon.
When I travel on the motorcycle, I like to stay within walking distance of a good restaurant. Google maps makes it pretty easy to set that up, and that's what I did yesterday for next Friday night. The Cinderella Motel is an old style Route 66 type place where you can park right next to your room's door, and the Grillin' and Chillin' Alehouse is only a fifteen minute walk away. To stay out of trouble, I used the Street View feature to make sure there were sidewalks along my intended route, and that the areas looked safe as well. I've done that in the past, and it lends a weird sense of Deja Vu during the evening stroll...
The new battery didn't cure the cold start issue on the van, but then I remembered that you're supposed to retrain the computer after the battery is disconnected. That involves turning the ignition on and waiting a bit for the computer to tweak the Idle Air Control Valve, then letting the engine warm up for a half hour or so and repeating the process. Did that again yesterday, and have my fingers crossed it'll make a difference. Tried to trouble shoot parking brake and seatbelt warning lights that don't come on, but no easy answers presented themselves. The answer might lie in the bulb assembly itself, which contains a circuit board and a thirty-three year old transistor. I have two of the modules, and am not above jumpering around complicated German engineering to get something to work.:laughing:
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!
Have a good Sunday. 
