Wednesday, January 31, 2007

update

It looks like Scott is uploading the pictures that Mike has put together (it´s amazing what you can do with photoshop these days!). As the pictures show, we´re having a great time. As an update, we´ve made it to San Sebastian, just inside Spain for the evening.
We had our first break down today!! Leak in the fuel line from the fuel intake to the gas tank. Diesel all over the place when we tried to fill the tank. Easily fixed by a very gracious and helpful mechanic that, by complete serendipity, happened to be across the street from the hotel where we stayed for the night. We also realized that one of the rear tires was flat during dinner and decided to wait until the morning to fix it.
We found a tire shop that dealt with large sized tires. Unfortunately, the American tire sizes are different than European ones (like that´s a surprise), so they don´t have any tires for us. We unloaded all the spares that we are carrying with us, and only one tire was decent enough to use as a replacement. One of the tires was already destroyed, and the other is being saved as a last minute back up.
We were back on the road by noon, and smooth sailing since then.
San Sebastian is a beautiful city. The people here have so far been much more enthusiastic and expressive when seeing the bus than the French were. We´re getting a lot of horn blowing, hand waving, and picture taking. What fun.
More news later. So far, so good.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Would you guys like us to ship some tires to Gibraltar? Sounds like you're gonna need about 12 more at this rate. Worst comes to worst you can wrap Scott around the axle!

-Blackin

Scott said...

ummm, funny you should ask...

Scott said...

that comment was by Kara actually :)

Anonymous said...

Jay. Big Red would have made a nice tire. Maybe it is not too late to purchase a new axel with European tires.

Jonathan and Matthew Friedman

Anonymous said...

What good fortune to find mechanical help ! Hope the tire problem is the one and only tire issue for the rest of the race :0

Can't wait to hear from Jenna

Lynn

Anonymous said...

http://www.rota.navy.mil/navsta/
Maybe they can help you?

Anonymous said...

What - nothing new ?????

Hoping all is well and hoping you all and Jenna and Amanda have connected

Jenna's sister,

Lynn

Anonymous said...

Hi Jay and all - This is your favorite aunt, keeping an eye on your travels. Sound like you are having fun, even with the tire issue and the fuel leak. Is Amanda there yet? Wave when you get there, Amanda! Love from Aunt Kathy

Anonymous said...

Jenna
I hope your bus trip wasn't delayed by the terrorist bomb scare that shut down Boston on Wednesday - false alarm. Don't be looking for your lonely planet guidebook to The Gambia & Senegal - you left it in the car. Love Ya, Mom

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