Montana Thoughts

View's of Albert's Cabin I will be relaxing off the grid in the Helena National Forest the next few weekends. Our friend Albert has asked Michele and I if we would cabin sit while he visits friends in the mid west. I really, really enjoy the time I spend at Albert's place. Albert, he is a wonderful man that has had a interested life and it is great to hear the stories. I think a movie about him would be cool. Albert, Michele, & I share a lot of the same interests and views so we get along well. We decided to go up to his place last weekend to get a little training on how things run out in the woods. Albert uses batteries and a generator for his electricity, so he gave us a run down on the generator and the inverter in case the batteries go dead. There is also a spring nearby that supplies Albert's water and he gave us a quick course on the water pump and the filtration system so we have safe drinking water. Albert also has propane that fuels the stove, refriger...

I know it's been a few weeks since my last post, but things haven't been interesting until the last week. My truck developed a whine in the transmission and after getting a few different opinions a friend and I decided we would change the transmission filter and fluid. We went to a "Chain" parts store and purchased the transmission filter and pan gasket. When the counter person said that the computer recommended DEX-6, a synthetic transmission fluid we were a little sceptical, but we trusted the counter person and the computer. BOY! were we wrong. After installing the new filter, gasket, and fluid we started the truck and took it for a test drive. It seemed to work well and the whine was gone. We thought it was good until we got on the highway. The transmission started to slip and the longer we drove it, the worse it got. We drove it about 30 miles and the transmission didn't have drive, or over-drive. We limped the truck back to my friends house and thought ...