Travel
Yesterday, we drove about 129 miles (206 kms) to just north of Kingman, Arizona. We've dropped back down into the desert now, and temps are warmer. It's just me, but I really do like the forest and the trees better than the desert. Even if it comes with slightly cooler temperatures.
Before we left, I had taken apart that switch that was affecting our transmission torque converter. I cleaned the contacts, and that seems to have done the trick. So our gas mileage is back to where it should be and Sherman's transmission is acting the way it was designed.
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- Heading North!
Which it turns out is not such a good idea. Our plan was to spend some time at higher altitudes and get out of the desert for a while. You know, fresh air, pine trees...that sort of thing. So yesterday, we drove from 2,100 ft to our current location...
- Spring Is In The Air!
I know that those of you in the north eastern part of the continent don't believe it, but here in the Arizona desert, they are saying that we're in for an early spring! And on our guided hike yesterday at Tonto National Monument, the wildflowers...
- Made It To Tucson, Arizona
Yesterday we did the 145 mile (232 km) drive from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to the city of Tucson (pop 526,000). Uneventful drive through the desert. I've never been much of a desert person, although it's growing on me a little bit....
- A Four Wheel Drive Adventure!
Great fun yesterday as we went out into the desert on a four wheel drive adventure with our friends Geoff and Fran. They bought a book that lists trail routes that are accessible only with a 4x4 vehicle, and so they took us out to one of the listed routes,...
- Thunderstorm In The Desert!
Here in the Namib Desert, it gets pretty hot at this time of year. And it's supposed to be the rainy season now, but after all, this is the desert. So we weren't counting on seeing too much of that! Either way, we wanted to do some hiking and...
Travel
Almost felt like Christmas!
Yesterday, we drove about 129 miles (206 kms) to just north of Kingman, Arizona. We've dropped back down into the desert now, and temps are warmer. It's just me, but I really do like the forest and the trees better than the desert. Even if it comes with slightly cooler temperatures.
Before we left, I had taken apart that switch that was affecting our transmission torque converter. I cleaned the contacts, and that seems to have done the trick. So our gas mileage is back to where it should be and Sherman's transmission is acting the way it was designed.
Click here to read more...
- Heading North!
Which it turns out is not such a good idea. Our plan was to spend some time at higher altitudes and get out of the desert for a while. You know, fresh air, pine trees...that sort of thing. So yesterday, we drove from 2,100 ft to our current location...
- Spring Is In The Air!
I know that those of you in the north eastern part of the continent don't believe it, but here in the Arizona desert, they are saying that we're in for an early spring! And on our guided hike yesterday at Tonto National Monument, the wildflowers...
- Made It To Tucson, Arizona
Yesterday we did the 145 mile (232 km) drive from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to the city of Tucson (pop 526,000). Uneventful drive through the desert. I've never been much of a desert person, although it's growing on me a little bit....
- A Four Wheel Drive Adventure!
Great fun yesterday as we went out into the desert on a four wheel drive adventure with our friends Geoff and Fran. They bought a book that lists trail routes that are accessible only with a 4x4 vehicle, and so they took us out to one of the listed routes,...
- Thunderstorm In The Desert!
Here in the Namib Desert, it gets pretty hot at this time of year. And it's supposed to be the rainy season now, but after all, this is the desert. So we weren't counting on seeing too much of that! Either way, we wanted to do some hiking and...