Title: February 19, 2025 - Death Valley
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I got up at 6:40 after a good night's sleep. Went for a short walk around camp and when I got back Sherri was up but Don had not returned from his walk. We are having oatmeal and cinnamon muffin for breakfast. Then Don came back right as we were about to eat.
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| Don walking the ravine |
I wait for the mechanic. Steve and Morgan come about 9 while Don and Sherri are out. Steve is the mechanic and Morgan is his wife. He checks out the battery and it is shot as well. So he orders another battery which will be brought by his boss. A delay is that evidently someplace in the phone tree, a wrong VIN was transmitted. Steve verifies the VIN.
About 11:30 the alternator and battery show up and the work starts. He gives me a bill, about $1,080. Morgan takes me down to Farabee’s and I pay the bill. I am thinking that this may be pretty reasonable. Apparently replacing an alternator is not as easy as it sounds, at least on a Highlander. Steve keeps taking off parts of the engine. This goes on all afternoon with more and more parts coming off as Steve tries to get to the alternator and then tries to make room to put the new one in. Some of the people from Farabee’s come up to either assist, encourage or check on the progress. About 5:30 they call it quits for the night. It is getting dark. Alternator is somewhat in place, but everything needs to be put back together again.
They leave and we have dinner.
Dinner is soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. We discuss the
situation and decide that we will leave tomorrow if the car is
working by about noon. That should get us out of there by 1. Also
tomorrow while they are putting the car back together again, Don will
take Sherri down to the Borax Museum he discovered-we did not know
about it.
One situation which is getting a bit critical is the device battery usage. Both Sherri and I are getting close to the end of our battery supplies. So we are conserving power a bit more than we did yesterday. I have been reading a lot on my device. By 9:30, we are all ready for bed. One thing which I am worried about, maybe not enough to keep me up, but enough to be on my mind as I fall asleep, is will Steve be able to get all the pieces and parts back together again?
What we were going to do, but did not:
Breakfast |
Lunch |
Dinner |
Snacks |
Oatmeal and add-ins, such as dried peaches, strawberries, nuts, granola. |
PB&Nutella or jelly Sandwich |
Soup&Grilled Cheese |
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| Don walking the ravine |
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| Interesting colaration |
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| Is Don resting or waiting? |
Animals
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| Roadrunner |
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| Roadrunner |
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