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The eric update - day 342: waiting to get on the road again. and on the road again ( finally )!

Whoohooo! In the span of just a few hours I have four spiffy new "whitewalls" on the galaxie ( too bad there's no picture uploading while we're sans wifi ) and while that was an unexpected expense, I'm happy to report that the alternator problem was correctly identified by a local specialist and cost the staggering amount of exact,y nothing to fix.

It seems that a wire had become corroded and fell off the alternator. Simply soldering on a connector to the broken wire and attaching it to the alternator fixed the problem. I guess I'll count that as a bit of luck.

So, now it's off to albany. It's still 90+ degrees F outside, which makes the unconditioned inside of the galaxy feel sort of like a blast furnace. All the more so when the engine has to work extra hard to climb the rolling new york hills.

I'm sure someday I'll remember this fondly. It would be a lttle more fun if the heat would let up a little. at least the galaxie is back in proper running order.

At least for now :-)

update: pictures at last! click on each picture for a brief description.

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6/11/2005 05:31:00 PM 2 comments

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Nothing wrong with snazzy tires - and glad to hear the alternator wasn't a bigger issue (I've been there, Ouch - cry - here's a limb).

Can't wait to see some pics of little odin again :)

By Katra, at 6:21 PM

I admire you all so much. I thought we were brave when we hauled a 62 beetle, 3 dogs, 2 fish, 1 snake and 1 eighteen month old from chicago to atlanta! good luck, i hope you get to where you are going soon!
jaw

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“"it is hard to be brave," said piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "it is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us."”

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this site chronicles the continuing adventures of my son, odin, who was unexpectedly born on the fourth of july at 25 weeks gestation, weighing 1 pound 7 ounces.

he's quite a fighter and you can always send him a postcard to the most current address listed here if you're inspired by his adventures. see the postcard project/google maps mashup to see a map of the postcards.

if you're new, you can browse the archives to catch up. and don't forget to watch a few movies that i made while we were in the neonatal intensive care unit. or if you want the abridged version and you can find a copy, you can read about his adventures in the november 2005 issue of parents magazine.

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