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It's not always as catastrophic as it might seem, if you keep your head and aren't in a really bad situation where you have to dive out of the vehicle. But your ride is definitely over until it is fixed. Unfortunately my daily drive is all I have. I had been staying up later and later, and so meant to push it today and get some work done. Nope. Parking break activated, then stuck. I'll be going to bed in moments. I did, after two or three other tries, get the plumbing desoldered last night. Now I just have to decide what parts I want, how I want them configured, and solder it the new way, while I fix the problem. Hmm... This time I am going to do the whole thing in one long line while suspending it on blocks of wood rather than trying to do each piece one at a time.
The hope is that, with going to bed "early", I can rise at a reasonable hour so as to install the dripper system. Yeah, I know, lame. I honestly don't have much control sometimes. But then I am honestly a miracle worker to do what I do in the condition I am in. Shouldn't be alive. And yet that isn't enough, even for me.
I may end up being just a tourist at BMan. Really. I won't be a fratboy though. And I will be looking for a project which could use a hand, and lend it when I have it available. I will also explore. Some near the camp, some further away. But more, I will enjoy myself. I will admit, if the opportunity comes up, I will discuss God. I am going for the people, the only art the universe will ever know. Mona Lisa? Compare that to any human. It is what it is, but people are who they were, are, and will be. In sheer complexity, no art, music, or other human endeavor can come close to competing with just one human. We certainly try. We are our Father's children to be sure. It just seems that those shoes are just a bit big for us to fill quite yet. I'm not there to push it, though, either. Just... show people doors when they seem to be looking.
Hmm, I do have the basics. Some foods, a bit of kit, tickets, and curiosity. I might get a few more things but... Dunno. I best write D.C. I left a bit on his blog but haven't heard back. I want to see if all is well, what else we might need/want, and coordinate a bit as the time draws nigh. I'm not too worried, these things do tend to handle themselves if the basics are tended.
Sleepy blathering again. Good night.
Actually, yes.. I was not driving but a passenger. The breaks completely went out in the old vw bug as we were descending down a steep curvy pyrenees mountain road. Luckily my friend had the wherewithal to use the handbreaks judiciously. Of course, then we still ad to drive back to Germany.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Doom, I do hope that Bman is a great experience for you.
Oh, yes, I just remembered.. A few years ago the steering went out while I was driving ... right by my auto mechanics .. no kidding. They couldn't believe it either.
Rear brakes went out on Ginger, high up on a curvy mountain road. (Yeah, I know. Didn't I just have them serviced?!!) Once at Jacob Lake, I located the leak, smashed the line to that cylinder flat and clamped it with a vise grip, then bled the air out of the rest of the system. They worked safely for the rest of the trip.
ReplyDeleteI assume you got my email? I am sleepless at this hour, dismayed, but have to head out by 5 AM to work today, then go check on my mother if I don't hear from her this AM.
I have tent, backpack stove, sleeping bag, etc., and the last I checked a couple weeks ago, Costco still has their sturdy shade structure in stock. A rented econobox will let me haul this to the playa. We will need to coordinate the remainder asap.
foam,
ReplyDeleteThen you understand, and probably more than most. Being a passenger is even more like it, since you know the problem but can't be part of the solution. I'll get better quickly, if recent events are any indication.
D.C.,
Yep, got the email but just as I am writing this. No problem. We'll be "real burners" is all. :p
I will have to go in for a more serious tent myself. The one I have is not functional in this way. The rest we will simply have to sort out shortly. Should be interesting. Yeah, I'm sort of used to... figuring things out on the fly. It's how my life is.