After completing today's dive about 10:30 ( http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=145267 ) I figured I'd run a few errands before heading off to work. I drove into Kahului, hit Costco (just figuratively) visited a friend, and about 2:30 began the 30 minute drive back to Lahaina so I'd have time to get cleaned up for work at 4pm. I left Kahului with 1/4 tank of gas and at Maalaea harbor hit traffic (18 miles to go) it was bumper to bumper, stop and go. After sitting in the traffic for nearly 30 minutes, and going about 2 miles, I realized the gas tank was getting near empty and I was not going to make it back home on that tank of gas (normally would have been plenty) So I turned around and went back to fill up the tank, then sit through the same traffic again... 1 hr later I was finally back at the same spot again and had plenty of gas in the tank... but now the engine was overheating (my truck is 18 yrs old) so I turned the heater on high and rolled the windows down ...
The clock was well past 4 now (I did call and tell the shop I was running late) and between the heat outside and the additional heat inside I was rapidly beginning to think everything was quite funny ... especially the sour cream and lettuce sitting in the back of my truck rapidly changing texture and smell...
As the clock approached 5 I finally approached home (only 2 1/2 hrs later) grabbed a quick shower and headed off to work - I am SO glad the shop is air conditioned ... and the Dairy Queen next door brought me a "mistake" they had made ... a nice cold Oreo Cheescake Blizzard
ya' know what ... this has been a really fun day
Aloha, Tim
The clock was well past 4 now (I did call and tell the shop I was running late) and between the heat outside and the additional heat inside I was rapidly beginning to think everything was quite funny ... especially the sour cream and lettuce sitting in the back of my truck rapidly changing texture and smell...
As the clock approached 5 I finally approached home (only 2 1/2 hrs later) grabbed a quick shower and headed off to work - I am SO glad the shop is air conditioned ... and the Dairy Queen next door brought me a "mistake" they had made ... a nice cold Oreo Cheescake Blizzard
ya' know what ... this has been a really fun day
Aloha, Tim