Road Trip

[VWNate1]

To Scenic Death Valley where it was only 106° F in the shade....

First pic is the road , CA RT 178 from Badwater to Shoshone

Second pic is Tecopa Hot Springs , my truck and my 1980 Cadillac S & S Victoria Fleetwood Hearse , bracketing some old long dead Willys pickup truck .

[BruthaMan]

Great pics! One of these days, I'm going to do a long distance trip in my truck. Just get in the truck, head north and drive.

Oh, the irony of a hearst driving through "death" valley

[VWNate1]

Yeah ;

My big brother drove it , he said he'd not go unless the AC was fixed , so we got a brandy new Delco R4 compressor from NAPA , a new receiver-dryer , new Orifice tube , oil and R12 , flushed all manner of crap , old oil & debris from the condensor then installed the new parts, evacuated it it and it held good so we added oil & R12 , it was good for three days then the new compressor failed ~ it's still cold (37°) , it just sounds like loose marbles inside the compressor .

Now to repeat all that hard works .

We had fun though .

[RenoKeene]

Is that a GPS on your dash? I'm disappointed Nate, I thought you were old school

Here, hold the wheel while I fold this map back up....

[VWNate1]

Indeed it is ! .

I have to say , I just received it as a gift from my son the trash truck Mechanic , he spotted it and cleaned it up , it's very old but still works a treat ~ I've wanted to try one for a while now .

As I tend to ride alone , I don't have time to handle maps whilst blasting along , As it turned out , as soon as I turned North off Badwater on Ca. Rt. 178 , it stopped getting signals , good thing I knew where I was , I also had my big map book but I dislike pulling over to read them .

Didja know ? you can change the language it talk in , to various different .

As I don't set up any routes in it , I just have it scrolling along , this means it doesn't ever talk to me but it beeps occasionally .

I'm old yes but my son keeps teaching me new things so I'm always open to try something .

[RenoKeene]

Someday I'm going to drag myself into the 21st Century.....but not today

[VWNate1]

I didn't get a Touch Tone Telephone until 1996 when I had to to operate menus .

I still have mostly dial 'phones in my house and of course , the " Candlestick "
'phone next to my bed.....