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Hilo  Well, I'd hoped this post would occupy one of my other blogs ( East Texas Bike r), but had a lil twist and we didn't rent any bikes that weekend... Several months back, a good friend of mine in the CVMA (Boomer) made a side comment to me privately that he and Ya-Ya were headed to Hawaii to visit family, but ... also timed with the CVMA's Hawaii State Meeting. I was thinking ...... ' hmmmm.. Hawaii State Meeting?'   So on a whim, I mentioned it to our close friends Mark n' Nancy, along with Lucy .... and was surprised when all agreed.  Hawaii it is!  The State meeting was the driver, but now we could wrap a nice vaca' around it. Well, first thing I did was find a bike and trike to rent, but it'd turn out to be a scam that we quickly figured out and got off without losing any $.  Checked with the local rental businesses (Eaglerider, Dealers, etc.) and none had a trike for Mark so decided against it all.   As it'd turn out, wouldn't have been ...

 About 3 years ago I had one of my impulse moments; bought our Grand Wagoneer right after they were introduced unable to help myself.  I love the older ones from the 80s/90s.. and they were back!  Kicker is I bought it sight unseen.  Never been in one, never drove one.  Got online, put in my wish list and ...  up the street in Bonham they had one ...   paid list price, traded in our Porsche Macan on it and ... never looked back. Three Years old / 61k miles Left MS yesterday back to Tejas and after some crazy rain, the 'check engine' light was on.  Did some search on the reasons for it, and felt confident enough to head home 550 miles.  My gut feeling was correct, and no issues home except that damned light on the dash glaring back at me.  This morning, headed to the dealership and .. the light goes off.  Crap.  That's good and bad.  Good for obvious reasons bad because it's harder to diagnose the actual problem....