Stylin' With U-haul

It's a 15-footer. Hand crank windows. 134,100 miles.

$2,000.00 for thirty days $440.00 of which is insurance. Hopefully, I won't need it that long.

Tony's garage diagnosed the problem as something to do with the pedal assembly. They couldn't find a replacement part which was probably fortunate as rumor has it the originals are plastic and mine is, I think, custom crafted steel.

Rocky, a talented welder who's trying to move into "the arts," said he'd take a look at it Tuesday, but the blackberry festival is this weekend in Coos Bay and he's busy getting his booth ready. Thus the wait until Tuesday.

I found a splendid pair of boots at the Animal Humane store in Florence. 

Camping in this vehicle is much different. Rather than be outside, I have the back door up. It's a cross between a picture window and a veranda. MUCH more comfortable than a van. I plan to try it for a few days and then maybe downsize to the 10-footer. It won't however, go the places Phoebe will. Nor does it get very good gas mileage. With the additional cost of $0.99 per mile, it's expensive.

Sounds of the City

Clutch Adventure

Getting gas in Reedsport, the clutch went out. I have to turn off the engine to get it into first and reverse but once rolling I can shift it by matching the speed of the engine to the transmission.

The three shops in Reedsport are booked out for at least a week; Tuesday is the soonest anyone could look at her.

Thinking I could über around or rent a car while waiting, I decided to see wha'sup in Coos Bay. Brenda at the Bay Bridge Motel in North Bend, up the street from Coos Bay, said they could put me up for $81.00 a night with a kitchette...and her brother's a mechanic. After a couple of calls we agreed to meet at the Dollar General in Lakeside, a town about halfway between Reedsport and Coos Bay where he'll take a look at it.

2:36 pm Saturday

No sign of Brenda's brother, the mechanic. Über doesn't rent in Coos Bay. 

The cashier at Dollar General suggested Far West Auto & Tire in Coos Bay. Further!

The Toyota dealership's reviews of their rental cars are all top-drawer.

I only took four iso this morning. It's hard to know if yesterday's excitement was the cause of the tiredness or if I really need 5. But it was all I could do to take care of "morning bidness" and walk a ways in the other direction to empty my pee bottle. The memory of how tired I was from the effort a few days when I adjusted the clutch set me to cogitating on offering someone a hundred bucks to let me use their lift. Eventually though, I  threw the tarp down & managed to see it's not the adjustment; something gave out...the genesis of today's post.