Head West Young Man.....

[Stick]

Not the best start Wiz, but hey, it's all part of the adventure?

Adventure - something with an unknown outcome!

If anyone's going to turn it into a positive, it's you Wiz!

 

[RDPipes]

OW, sorry to hear of your incident along the trail. Antifreeze has a bad thing for plugs wires and such so if you can rinse it all down with clear water before it dries and then dry it out it may help.
Also, the WD-40 sprayed in the cap will displace the moisture in it and help you along.
I hope your able to get back on the trail to continue your journey soon sir, no fun being stuck with vehicle trouble anywhere. :fpalm:

 

[Blackhorse]

https://youtu.be/mZAZ_xu0DCg

 

[Brewdude]

https://youtu.be/mZAZ_xu0DCg

That was great! I love the classic 'toons of that day and age. No computers, just dozens of artists and thousands of individual cells being individually drawn and photographed. And then all linked up with the music and dialogue which was being recorded live while the screen images flashed so that the conductor could see them and direct the orchestra accordingly.

So very labor intensive, but in a lot of ways so superior to the modern way of doing things. I won't even get into the non-PC nature of a lot of them as they were a product of the day and age.

OK, I've further derailed this thread so lets get back on track. What's the latest update on your rig Ozzie? Guess I didn't realize previously that you were planning to drive this one. Not a journey that I'd like to do these days. Used to love long road trips. These days not so much.

But you're a git-er-done sort of guy, so I imagine you'll be back on the road in due course!

:elephant: <and here's a silly elephant for no reason at all>



Cheers,

RR

 

[Richard Burley]

OW, sorry to hear of your incident along the trail. Antifreeze has a bad thing for plugs wires and such so if you can rinse it all down with clear water before it dries and then dry it out it may help...

Friggin' propylene glycol, man. Hope you didn't get any on your 'baccy or it will never dry out--that's the important thing. A new vehicle can be purchased for a paltry sum at any nearby car dealer, unlike tobacco. Brick and mortar tobacconists are roughly 734.5 miles from each other nowadays, by my calculations. Ya' gotta have your priorities right, then you can proceed with the tomfoolery.

 

[KevinM]

Somewhere out in the West there's a museum with this comment over the entrance:  

"The cowards never left ... The weak died along the way ... Only the strong survived ... They were the pioneers."  

Well, it seemed apropos. Good luck!

 

[Ozark Wizard]

A great day of meeting new folks and reading up on truck systems. It now runs, albeit not well. The trooper that stopped to find out what I was up to in the parking area was rather helpful. We had some lunch and he produced a rather battered cob pipe. He was about to load it with Drum tobacco, and I handed him a my pouch of Calliope's Choice. He was astonished by the flavour, and we enjoyed an after meal smoke together. Before he left, he purchased a small Osage Orange pipe and 2 ounces of Calliope's, 3 of the BBQ blend, and a couple of ATBE.


I feel safer already!

He said he would talk to the shop owner for me tomorrow, and have them look the rig over for me ASAP.

So it seems, that sometimes it's not what you know, but who.

Tomorrow is another day, and another opportunity.

Look for me on the morning of the fifth day. Look to the East!

 

[Blackhorse]

Sweet story, bro. Now that one makes me feel good all over.

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

[eklektos44]

Glad to hear it's working out OW. Be safe and have a great trip brother. 8)

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Yuppers, the Witch came to me with the newer ride. Got the box back to town and I'm near North Platte. All sunny. 80 on 80 and westbound.



HOORAH!!!

 

[RDPipes]

Yuppers, the Witch came to me with the newer ride. Got the box back to town and I'm near North Platte. All sunny. 80 on 80 and westbound.



HOORAH!!!

Good to hear sir, keep us posted.

 

[oldmansmokingpipe]

Great News Wizard!

 

[Brewdude]

North Platte, as in New-Brasky? I'd say you're gaining traction Ozzie!

:drunken:


Cheers,

RR

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Yes, though I had to lighten the load a tad bit so as to not have a pile of tarped stuff and my rocking chair on top, if you aquire my drift....

 

[Stick]

Well done Wiz. And nicely done with the Trooper. That's the stuff that makes the world go round in a nice way.

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Laramie Wyoming.........

 

[Stick]

Knowing very little about the geography of the USA I decided to look up Laramie WY. It looks like you won't be going surfing today then Wiz?

 

[WarlockBob]

If I never drive through the entirety of Wyoming ever again, it'll still be too soon...

Beautiful, and I mean absolutely beautiful country, but it's the New Zealand of the US. 500,000 people, 10,000,000 cows, and nothing from state line to state line....

Heading to Oregon in March, the second leg of our first day took us through the entirety of Wyoming, and while I'm thankful to see the state in it's early spring glory, I think I'm done with it. :shock: I didn't find anything but myself out there....

 

[oldmansmokingpipe]

sounds like my kind of place. peaceful. No idiots around to make negative stuff happen.

 

[Brewdude]

If I never drive through the entirety of Wyoming ever again, it'll still be too soon...

Beautiful, and I mean absolutely beautiful country, but it's the New Zealand of the US. 500,000 people, 10,000,000 cows, and nothing from state line to state line....

Heading to Oregon in March, the second leg of our first day took us through the entirety of Wyoming, and while I'm thankful to see the state in it's early spring glory, I think I'm done with it. :shock: I didn't find anything but myself out there....

Been through Wyoming several times, once on my motorcycle back in '76. July it was too, with temps that'll make your eyes pop!

Desolate, yes absolutely. Including and especially the convoluted route I took on the bike - just to see the country as it were. Yet at the same time I found it strangely appealing.

Never got to Devils' Tower, or Yellowstone/Grand Tetons (pity that).

The lack of people and development for rather large stretches was captivating in a way I can't describe here. Perhaps that calls to my preference for peace and quiet as opposed to the hustle and bustle of more populated areas.

But for the lack of dramatic scenery in most of the state I'd move there in a heartbeat - well, that and the dreadful cold winters. Can't really handle that so much these days anymore.

It seems I've once again derailed a thread, so will now return you to your previously viewed channel and the adventures of Ozzie on the road!

:silent:



Cheers,

RR