We made it out of Jersey with the new Big Red Volvo and here she is in all her glory. I don't think I haveto go into too much detail on the name, which is by the way very appropriate. She looks the same, but will never be the same as Dorothy. Same engine, 10 speeds instead of 13, 2 years newer (2007) with half the miles 368,000. The inside is in much better shape and the more modern cupboards instead of shelves and all of the netting to hold things in is all intact on her. Which is very nice for going down the road and not having anything fly off of the shelves. We are getting used to her. Has to be driven much different than the 13 speed. It has been a couple of weeks now and I think we are starting to bond. She needed a bunch of TLC when we got her, but she is coming around. She still does some weird, quirky things, some electrical, not on a consistent basis...hence the name Cybil. We have already put 12,000 miles on her since we picked her up. Don'tthink Jersey has a lot of elevation so she is in for a whole new ride. No Grapevine yet, but Vail pass at 40 mph...not bad! You just have to stay on the shifting more adamantly than Dorothy, but with more practice on a daily basis, she's gonna work out just fine.We were recently driving through Idaho and noticed a lot of corn still growing and pretty short. Stopped to refill on coffee and the woman at the truck stop informed us that they have had so much rain that they lost all of their first planting so they had to scrap it and this is the 2nd planting, hoping to get something out of their crops this year. Maybe this could mean more good corn later in the year for everyone. What a sucky situation for the farmers there this year.
Waiting for Fall to arrive, which is coming BTW, to take more pics of the color. Leaving for NJ (Good miles, but we must be being punished for something) tomorrow from LA, just waiting to get 2 tires changed on a trailer. We will be taking I-70 so maybe we will get some good Aspen shots.
To the left: 58 in CA heading north from Bakersfield. It is mesmerizing to see all of them spinning on the mountain while
you are moving toward it...kinda hypnotic. You can all rest easy...I wasn't driving :o )
