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GordonThree
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Aug 28, 2013

Couldn't make it...

My grand adventure to Alaska has been scrubbed for this year. My plan to take a used TV with only 8 months shake-down time on it was too bold I guess.

While driving through Montana, I hit 95-100 degree weather for two days, and it revealed some sort of fault in the cooling system. I pressed on, driving slower, taking breaks during the hottest parts of the day, etc, to Lake Louise. The cool mountain conditions helped a lot. I headed back to Calgary and had an auto shop check everything, they could find no fault except low fluid. I asked if there was no fault, where did the fluid go, they had no answers. I spent the next day driving around town in 85+ degree temps with no problems. The day after, I head back toward the Rockies and despite cold mountain air, the cooling system is acting up again. I pull over to a wayside, and the fluid is low again! With a heavy sigh, I refill, and turn around and head east.

Trying to make the best of my return trip was unsuccessfully too. I come back to my home state Michigan to find the temps in the upper 90s, the few days I tried to spend camping in the U.P. were spent mostly hiding in the air conditioning of my trailer, suffering from heat induced migraines.

Oh well, maybe next time.

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