Hurlburt's Adventures

Sunday while out sight seeing the car started acting up. We were headed back from the V bar V Ranch the engine light started to blink and I was loosing power. Every time I tried to give it gas it would shake really bad. All the way back home we could only go about 40 mph but at least we made it back safely. The next morning Ed went out to see if his car code kit would tell him just what was going on. He came back in telling me he was puzzled, the code reader was throwing too many code. Hanging around outside, because the weather was so beautiful, I decided to dig out the Christmas decorations and do a little decorating. About that time our neighbor came over and told Ed about this auto repair place in town he had heard did good work, so Ed went in and called them. They said to bring it in in the morning. In the mean time I put up the tree and some lights over the slides. We have a fireplace but we use it every night for heat and I couldn't hang the stockings there so I had to be creative. It works... I even strung some lights around the outside lamp post.

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This morning we went into town to the Black Hills Auto Repair in Cottonwood AZ to have the car looked at. Jimmy, the manager, took the car out for a ride then took it in the bay and did some tests on her. We were there maybe 30 minutes, when Jimmy came out and told us he did all the tests there was to do and could not find anything wrong. He suggested we may have gotten some bad gas… WoW, unbelievable and a little scary too. I was really relieved I just knew it was going be a high ticket problem, not to mention the cost of a rent car while ours was being worked on. Fingers crossed, it was just a fluke. When Ed asked the man “what do I owe you?” Jimmy replied, “oh, $20.00 outta do it”. What?!?! all that for only $20.00. Jimmy said, “I could change parts all day just by guessing because it's only throwing misfire codes, but why should you pay for something you don’t need”. Before we left he told Ed if it started doing it again to give him a call. Even though they are closed on Sat and Sun if it happened on a Fri, Ed could still call him and he would come down on a Sat to check it out. Now that’s service you don’t see anymore. Old school service… It still exists.

Until next time… Happy Trails and Safe Travels Y’all.
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Here is another GREAT site you must see… Just a little ways up HWY 17 just follow the signs to Coconino National Forest. But try to plan at least 1/2 day for this one because you won’t want to rush through and miss anything. The scenery is awesome on this mile hike from the Visitor's Center. Sandy, the park host was very nice and told us a little story about the ranch. Then we hiked down a nice level walkway that took us to the petroglyphs site. There we were met with Sandy’s husband Ian, who told us all about these drawings and what they meant. He told us the Hopi Indians were the ones that created these drawings. He also told us the story of the different ways the Hopi people told the seasons just by where the sunlight hit certain parts of the rock. The drawings even told the story of when they were to plant their corn and other crops. The story he told was amazing as are the drawing themselves. There are so many things here in Verde Valley, Sedona and Jerome to see and do you need to plan at lease a week, you won’t want to miss a thing.