The shocks are already off, they will be mailed back to Georgia for my suspension Guru, Jacob, to work his own magic… not only rebuilding them, but also changing the springs to some heavier ones, something that needed to be done since day one after the car was attached… and also, as a seal has been leaking on the front one, some repair.

The poor quality and worthless Ural shock however has been mainly our subject of conversation. Works makes one… it is a special order which will take weeks… Andy is doing some research, I am sure we (he!) will come up with something viable… The sway bar will need to be addressed… as I also think that it is worn out… The rest? Realign the car, sand, prime, paint… Maintenance?… new belt, fuel filter, brake fluids to be changed, all the oils, valves, rocker arms, throttle bodies and a few other minor details!

“Old Faithful” with 170000 miles on has a lot of life left ahead of her… This is much needed care… much needed learning on my part, not to necessary do my maintenance any faster… but, better!

The dogs! Ah!!! What blast they are having… Spirit has a new friend… Tyson, the Boxer… glad that he is a male as Spirit’s girl friend in Kingman “Lucy” has nothing to worry about! They have been running around like two buddies now for these past couple of days… Spirit has done well off the leash as he did well at the beach also… besides going through the fence a couple times… to the neighbors as suddenly I am seeing 3 horses chasing him! I was too startled to even take a picture!

And the we have Kyra… the German Sheppard, older an wiser! Likes for you to throw a rock and get it… that is if the other two let her! We have Gretel… the 11 week old Boxer puppy… poor Gretel has not been feeling very well… when she gets better you will also see pictures of her! How can one resists a puppy! What do you think?… Are Kim and Andy dog lovers?… I told you that all my friends are indeed animal lovers! There are also 3 cats somewhere… eventually they will come out I am sure.