Len,
Glad to hear you made it alright. I'll bet it was a hot ride the last few
hours! Good thing your spare tire was in good shape. Cully and I had a great
day on our way home, as you've probably read on the Healey List.
Did you and Tracy's daughter win the Rally? My money was on you. We ran into
a number of the Rally participants including you on our way out of town via
Rt. 39. Some looked confused.
Are you planning on going on the Russian River tour on July 31st?
I traveled a total of 950 miles on the trip and averaged 20.01 MPG. Not bad
considering we went over Lassen Peak and cruised the last 180 miles from Red
Bluff to Walnut Creek at 65-70 MPH. My rebuilt fuel pump faltered for about
three miles about 75 miles out of Klamath Falls, but I kept it going with a
little hammering and then it never acted up again. As you may know, Cully's
clutch went limp Wednesday and Tracy was nice to help bleed it for us that
night. It was fine after that.
Vrooom vrooom,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Len and/or Marge
To: Tracy Drummond ; John Soderling ; Cully Anderson
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:31 PM
Subject: Trip Home
John, Cully, and Tracy: I had hoped to depart Klamath Falls no later than
6:00 AM. Overslept and didn't get off until 7:35 AM. Nice driving early.
View of east side of Mt. Shasta was outstanding with the morning sun shining
on it. Wasted no time only stopping twice - once near Dunsmuir to slather on
sun block and once in Red Bluff for gas. Arrived home at 1:15 PM - 5 hours,
40 minutes, 306 miles, overall average speed 54 MPH. I had it on the speed
limit all the way (NOT the 'Autos With Trailers' speed limit ;-) ) but
lost a little time driving through Red Bluff looking for cheap gas ;-) ;-).
OK! I did stop one more time. I would have been home 15 minutes sooner but
I had another flat tire right at the Dunnigan Rest Area. Left rear this time.
Just missed the entrance but was lucky to find one spot of shade on the side
of the road just past the exit. Took the tire to my wheel people this
morning. The tube had a six inch rip along a seam in the tube. Luck was with
me in that I felt a handling problem coming on and stopped before shredding
the tire or losing control of the car. I was a limp noodle when I arrived
home. Praise to the person who invented air conditioning for our homes.
Len.
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