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Today's third and final stage of the trip to Spokane for the 2015 Worldcon planning meeting was relatively short by comparison to yesterday, but much more stressful.
( So Stressful we Had to Skip a Train Museum )
After a long and not always particularly comfortable drive thanks to the AC pointing at our feet, we limped in to Spokane and parked the van in the garage under the Convention Center. I'm really glad we didn't drive the Rolling Stone because there doesn't appear to be anywhere to park vehicles above 6'7" anymore. The place we parked the big vehicles when we were here for Westercon years ago is where the Convention Center is today.
First things first: we moved our stuff into the hotel (the bell clerks were very nice about letting us borrow a cart instead of insisting that they had to come with us), then we went to get lunch/dinner. Luigi's restaurant a block from the hotel had an excellent salmon lasagne and spaghetti with mizithra cheese and meat sauce with some nice Italian sausage. Pasta needed a walk around downtown, including stopping at Rite-Aid and buying a few supplies. Feeling somewhat more human, Lisa put on an older shirt and her less-good jeans and we attacked the minivan.
( Making the Minivan Suck Again )
Lisa isn't completely satisfied with the fixes. She says it would be better to have the actual custom-fit parts for this model. However, assuming the new vacuum hoses hold, this should be good enough for us to let us make the rest of the trip and eventually get it back to Cory so he can take a crack at additional adjustments. For now, however, we're safely in Spokane and have the first evening of our three days of meetings behind us, about which more tomorrow.
( So Stressful we Had to Skip a Train Museum )
After a long and not always particularly comfortable drive thanks to the AC pointing at our feet, we limped in to Spokane and parked the van in the garage under the Convention Center. I'm really glad we didn't drive the Rolling Stone because there doesn't appear to be anywhere to park vehicles above 6'7" anymore. The place we parked the big vehicles when we were here for Westercon years ago is where the Convention Center is today.
First things first: we moved our stuff into the hotel (the bell clerks were very nice about letting us borrow a cart instead of insisting that they had to come with us), then we went to get lunch/dinner. Luigi's restaurant a block from the hotel had an excellent salmon lasagne and spaghetti with mizithra cheese and meat sauce with some nice Italian sausage. Pasta needed a walk around downtown, including stopping at Rite-Aid and buying a few supplies. Feeling somewhat more human, Lisa put on an older shirt and her less-good jeans and we attacked the minivan.
( Making the Minivan Suck Again )
Lisa isn't completely satisfied with the fixes. She says it would be better to have the actual custom-fit parts for this model. However, assuming the new vacuum hoses hold, this should be good enough for us to let us make the rest of the trip and eventually get it back to Cory so he can take a crack at additional adjustments. For now, however, we're safely in Spokane and have the first evening of our three days of meetings behind us, about which more tomorrow.
