Searching for the perennial summer day, here is a little background information on our chosen vessel for this particualar voyage. (Betty) is a 1990 Ford Econoline van with a little over 100k on the chassis. Despite her age, she offers an extremely plush mode of transportation that is more suitable for the open road at 55 vs 75 mph. We generally average 17 mpg, but as the larger gal that she is, we've fluctuated as low as 9 mpg on a particularly windy day.
Reaching the 3,000 mark since our departure, everything seems to be functioning properly, all fluid reservoirs are at their optimum levels and have required no additional refills....excluding our brakes, everything has been working swimminingly.
Having spent $500 in Wyoming on new pads, rotors, and blinker-fluid, I thought we were in the clear as Sarah and I started our descent from 12,000' on a highway in the RMNP. We were 3,000' from the base when the we noticed the toxic smoke billowing from the wheel wells. Forced to stop, we parked on a turnout and the smoky-plumes attracted the attention of fellow visitors and a construction worker who offered his fire extinguisher, luckily it wasn't needed. It looks like we'll be heading back to auto shop before hitting the open road again.
*My Dad is pictured, who helped with the wiring or our 73lb deep-cycle auxiliary battery.
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