Van Problems

28 October - Spent the night at Walmart Danville Virginia and had a heart starter at Starbucks. The Starbucks/Walmart combo works well if  the coming day is just travelling in the car. The shower can wait till that night :) and we get a free night's sleep.

We set off this morning - on a very very cold morning - intending to do a quick stop at Jiffy Lube as the van is due an oil change. This is normally a 15 minute job maximum but they found some worn bearings or something ....don't speak mechanicese....but it was something important that needed immediate attention.....to do with the steering at the front. Anyway it was shades of van #1 and I didn't want any loose wheels. Lost 3 hours getting it fixed but all seems well now.

Drove through North Carolina and into South Carolina and am now ensconced in a Motel 6 looking forward to having a shower.    The scenery continues to amaze although we didn't see much of South Carolina as it was dark when we came in. Miles 197.3 (317.5 km)   Bugs #966   OLD# $3.00