2/18-22/17
Current Location: HOUSE life, Golden, CO
Our few days in Golden were a result of some work being done on Hobbes and wanting to catch up with some old friends. Both were successful, one just happened to cost significantly more than the other.
Our quick synopsis of our time “back home”.
- Catching up with friends is an absolute highlight of this segment and the entire trip. Swapping stories and laughing over a beer is exactly what we wanted and needed. Thank you everyone who made some time!
- It is super convenient to work on various van projects with a roof/bathroom/washer/dryer/refrigerator/etc. only 20 yards away.
- Our projects included swapping out the swing gate box and building a platform to hold the bikes and putting the roof cargo box up top. Other minor items included trimming the door below the sink so it can open even with our carpet/yoga mat flooring, finally covering the sliding door with fabric, adding our favorite brands’ stickers and one hell of a clean job. Oh yeah, and Rooney got his hairs did. He's allll fancy now.
- The van work performed by the diesel professionals included a page and a half invoice in size (tiny) font. However, Hobbes is feeling fresh and new with a couple new brakes, a handful of leaks fixed, a new hose to the intercooler, a new ABS control module, new air filter, new fuel pump…yeah, it added up quick!
- Getting back to a couple of our favorite trails to lace up the shoes and get some vertical felt surprisingly good. These trails are some of our favorite anywhere and we are glad we didn’t commence full wind sucking during our runs. Green Mountain and North Table both hurt an appropriate amount but gave us great views, blew us off the trail a few times and left us happy to stretch in the 70 degree sunshine afterwards. It is February right??
- Special thanks to Rick for allowing us, including the big fur ball to invade his house for a few days and lend his tools and skills to our projects.
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