Day 22: We made it! Epiblog

There's no place like home!

Our last day was a cruiser.   The high passes of New Mexico offered no vapor lock challenges this time. An odd wind out of the NE and cold front chilled the ride home, making it little work for the LaSalle.

It took forever to unpack the car.  It had become less and less organized as we stuffed more and more junque into who knows where. The car now rests quietly in the garage.  We'll update the this blog after Bill inspects the car. Superficially, the car runs just about as well as it did 5610 miles ago after our shaky start. Sure, the car is filthy, the generator is still out and the fuel system is not trustworthy. But she still looks good, drives great and acts ready for another drive.

Bill did remove the generator and discovered that the field coils were stripped of insulation. The insulation had started to delaminate and got wound up in the armature. It was a good thing he didn't try to fix it on the road. That would have taken a lot of time that we really didn't have. Driving without a generator proved to be just a minor inconvenience.  For now the generator is in the shop for another complete rebuild.

Thanks for joining us, we appreciated your company and hope you enjoyed this trip as much as we did. See you down the road!