Most cold I have slept in van yet. Outside it was 6 degrees. Inside w/ propane heater on full was 44 deg. Windows frozen over. Fixed bfast. Cold.
Bruce was still sleeping when I knocked on door to say good bye. Chatted w/ Beth & left.
Got just a bit S of Hendersonville, home of the Sprinter repair shop, and the engine control light came on again. No turbo power. Turn around & drive short distance to shop. They get me in quickly again and the charge again was warranty. I have less than 500 miles on the warranty and an electronic system that has already had 3 hickups. Not ready to put it in the VW van bucket. Yet.
Have a telephone interview w/ Chris Youman tonight. He has a web site where he plans on poting his results.
Bill Victor @ FATS thinks I am a character, possibly 1 of the best he’s seen. Sure going to brush my hair for this visit.
Mid afternoon hunker down in a grocery parking lot soaking up sun warmth.
More perhaps later.
Later.
75 miles South of dealership the light came back on. Called Egolf to report problem & line up a Sprinter dealer down road. Got that nailed with a Monday appointment in Thomson, GA for the next fix. I am just miles from warranty expiration, attempting to cover myself for future problems.
Continued driving S. Saw what i beleive are plantation houses just outside Edgefield, SC where I am in the woods. Red clay dirt.
Made Long Cane RS just before closing to inquire about camping. In the Sumter Forest camping is only allowed in organized campsites and the local 1 was closed for season. FS guy cut me a permit to dirtbag camp. Drove back gravel road thru a pine plantation to dead end. Need to understand southern forest logging practices. Land seems flat that lends itself to machine logging and cutting younger trees.
Chris called me and we did phone interview for his web site.
Zysk, I bought some boiled peanuts from a smoke shop. Yes, they were tasty and like a lugie. I wonder if they are better just having been boiled versus slow cooked who knows how many days?
Another cold night forecast. I lack an outside thermometer. I could put the inside 1 outside but that would mean getting out of a comfortable van.
10:00PM Friday night, listening to channel 54 on XM: BB King Bluesville. I liked the other blues on old XM better.
Very fat woman w/ equally fat husband on her choice of men: She wants a man that she doesn’t have to shake the sheets out to find.
Say good night, Trixie.
Crag – Here’s another idea for you that is tied to your geographic location: Quit treating your body as a temple and think of it as the trashed rental property that it is and have some roadside BBQ. The southerners are pretty proud of it – indulge them even if it’s some greens cooked up with a good dose of pork fat.
Tom, what a hoot. I have been on a rental restoration project for 27 years. Backsliding is a slippery slope. A pork bar-b-que and then maybe onto cows milk. I am so afraid that liquor might be next.