Sunday, July 12, 2009

Road Trip- Peter's 50th!!


Funny, where ever we go there is somebody near that we know. Ms Whit and Drew for instance. Whit is a Rutland girl who just happens to be dating Drew who is from Plymouth, Ma where we were heading for our friend Peter's birthday.
Dinner was in order and the Olive Garden just happened to be close by.





This is how to spend a summer evening with a friend. Peter had a roaring fire and some cold brews on hand for us. Peter, your the best!!









Here's the man on his day! Happy Birthday Peter !!!!








Ken Wilson dropped by with a bagful of 50th gag gifts. Peter is laughing already.










The BIG five-oh !!!!!









What should Peter wish for ????? hmmmmm. He has a great wife, great friends, a TV channel ( History Channel) what more could he want?!?








Ever have one of those day? We did. After riding around the area and smelling a putrid stench. We finally realized the jeep was leaking something. Sure enough a clamp had wore a couple pinholes in some transmission lines and fluid was leaking onto the exhaust. Guess what in MA no garages are open on sunday not even a Midas!?!



The solution! Epoxy putty on the leaks and a custom fashioned shield from sheet metal to deflect the fluid around the exhaust. We stopped several times to keep the tranny fluid topped off, but made it home. No damage to the transmission and new lines were installed the next day. Special thanks to Scott the neighbor an engineer by trade who made the shield in minutes!

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