The two lovely owners of Mystic leant us their car (without doing a background check, mind you) for the weekend. This allowed a day trip off the island as far as Espanola. We made a couple detours and one of these lead us to an artist studio tucked into the quartz hills at Loon Lake.
Somehow wherever we are in the world the conversations get around to Chicago and today was no different. I spied two pictures of a young handsome guy: one shaking Ronald Reagan’s hand complete with his signature and the other with the artist, the young man (her son) and Wayne Gretzky. Turns out we were talking to Alan “Rocky” Secord’s mom. As some of you might know (not us) he was an ex-Chicago Blackhawk’s player.
So began WEEK6. After much consternation the mechanic arrived today, Wednesday. Though barely fitting into the engine compartment he replaced 6 injectors, a fuel lift pump, the impellor and the fuel filter. After a few adjustments the engine is running well, and weather permitting we will leave the welcoming town of Little Current Thursday AM with Sir Tugly Blue to head west.
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Old injector
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Super! We are happy for you, finally on your way again.
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Dean, didn't you take bikes with you? Did you use them at all? We were planning to bring ours, but if you tell us there's little use, we might change that.
Good luck!
Will Miracle of Miracles's. We await the update on the rest of the trip. Do you get reset cruise. You know, add 3 weeks on.
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