One Quiet Ride

This weekend we made a quick trip up to the farm to visit Grandpa and Grandma Wipf! That's what O would write if she could type here. And she does try and type here most of the time. If I'm sitting on the couch trying to look things up on the internet, Olivia will come and stand beside the couch and try and hit as many keys as possible. It's kind of cute, but gets annoying after awhile. At any rate, we took a trip in our new and improved Trailblazer. Ok, it's not new, but it's improved.

A week ago I took the trailblazer to Iowa for a soccer match because the other two referees were going with me. I picked the first one up in Sioux Falls, and he gets in and says, "Man you vehicle is loud!" I knew that there was a whine on one of the pulleys in the engine, but it had been doing that since we got it, so I wasn't too concerned, but he was right, it was fairly loud. So, we went south of Sioux Falls and picked up the third referee. He gets in and says the exact same thing, that the blazer sounds really loud. I told them that I usually don't drive the Trailblazer, but I'm sure if it was getting too loud, that she'd let me know about it. I got home no problem, and the next morning, my wife goes out to start the vehicle to go to work. She comes back in and starts saying that the trailblazer sounds different, that it's way louder than it's ever been. So, I ran it over to the repair shop, and they told me how much it would cost, which wasn't too bad. So, they replaced a bearing in the air conditioner compresser, and now it's quiet as a mouse. The best part was the trip to mom and dads. I couldn't believe the improvement in milage. Anywhere from 5 to 8 miles to the gallon better now! I should have replaced that thing a year and a half ago!

Here is Olivia telling you to have a great week!