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Bungees to the Rescue Tequesta, FL January 17, 2025 |
For our friends and family following the saga of our trip south, we arrived home safely and without further excitement.
Thanks for all of you for your concerns and prayers.
Bungees are lifesavers. They worked perfectly to hold the tailpipe and keep it from banging around. There is only one hangar securing the tailpipe and so stabilization was required since it detached from the muffler. I suggested that the tire shop put a clamp on it, but there wasn't to enough metal remaining at the muffler to support a clamp. Since no hot gasses were being expelled from the tailpipe, the bungees were unharmed and held fast.
I will call my auto repair team on Monday to get a few things done to the truck. It is perfectly drivable now, but I need to get a 4-wheel alignment, two new tires, and of course the muffler/tailpipe issue resolved.
Chris and I are now focused on taking down the Christmas decorations. We departed the Sunday before Christmas and only just returned yesterday. It was a long visit and we had a great time with friends and family. Thank-you especially to Nicole and Mike for putting up with us and Finnegan for the extended visit.
Looking ahead, we have a short 3 weeks and 2 days (until the Monday after the Super Bowl) before we head off on another long trip. More about that later! But it is exciting and we will be traveling from Winter to Summer!
BTW, for those of you in the Polar Vortex--we escaped just in time. The temperature outside this morning is 70 degrees!
-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL
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