Road trips & impellers October 8, 2004
Posted by Aaron in : General , trackbackSo here I am in Texas, I drove down to Oklahoma to Chris & Mandy’s place last night and then we scurried further south. I’ll probably write more about that later, but I’m just wanting to talk about my drive down. First off, if you get the chance to drive south from St Louis as the leaves are turning, do it. They aren’t quite turning yet, but there is a perfect setup for a beautiful view. One minor hitch in the grand voyage was that as I hit Rolla MO, what I thought was a minor coolant leak (that I was staying on top of) escolated as the impellor in my car’s water pump apparently disintegrated. My first notification that this was a serious issue began as my car began making horrendous noises and my heat gauge shot through the roof. Pulled into the first full service gas station I’ve seen in years & walked across the street to a radiator place to get help. (Keep in mind that I didn’t choose this station, this was the first available place when I realized I had an issue). A guy came over from Aaron’s Radiator & Cooling (Amusing name eh? I think this guy was even Aaron) & figured out what was wrong. Since he was swamped for the day, he called another shop in town, then a tow truck & I went over there. They worked as quick as they could & managed to get it done right as they closed. (Incidentally if you’re ever having problems in Rolla, MO this second place is Coverdell’s, I figured they worked hard to get it done so I could keep going, I’ll plug em on my site). After that I scurried as fast as I could the remaining 4 or so hours. Including some crazy driving in N Arkansas where the roads were doing weird things, it was raining & dark. I couldn’t quite figure out where the road was headed, but I managed to stay on it the entire time, which is good enough. I’ll write more later, but for now thats all from TX.
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