Distance: 433 miles
This morning began precariously as there are reports of scattered ice storms for the Dakotas. As it turned out, the roads were fine and we drove through about 30 seconds of rain.
However, we were nearly to Redfield, SD when the engine began to make unsettling choking sounds. We pulled into a mechanic’s in town, but they told us to turn around and try a place in Aberdeen. Forty miles later, we stopped at another shop. Upon inspecting the engine, they told us that the patch job we’d had done in Tok had disintegrated and been sucked up into the vacuum line.
They were able to fix it, but they had to go across town to buy a new part, so they recommended we go get some lunch and come back. The people who worked there suggested we walk up the road a ways to Scotty’s Drive-In, where we had some very tasty burgers. Once a new gasket had been affixed, we continued to Sioux Falls, where unfortunately, the car began to stutter again.
I spent the evening digging through the phone book and found a place that was willing to work on our car, but we’d have to wait until the next morning.
This morning began precariously as there are reports of scattered ice storms for the Dakotas. As it turned out, the roads were fine and we drove through about 30 seconds of rain.
However, we were nearly to Redfield, SD when the engine began to make unsettling choking sounds. We pulled into a mechanic’s in town, but they told us to turn around and try a place in Aberdeen. Forty miles later, we stopped at another shop. Upon inspecting the engine, they told us that the patch job we’d had done in Tok had disintegrated and been sucked up into the vacuum line.
They were able to fix it, but they had to go across town to buy a new part, so they recommended we go get some lunch and come back. The people who worked there suggested we walk up the road a ways to Scotty’s Drive-In, where we had some very tasty burgers. Once a new gasket had been affixed, we continued to Sioux Falls, where unfortunately, the car began to stutter again.
I spent the evening digging through the phone book and found a place that was willing to work on our car, but we’d have to wait until the next morning.
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