Log 2016013101

I took my 2008 Chevrolet HHR LS to the dealership to have the garage fix my windshield wiper system. Apparently, the part that I'm missing is part of the windshield wiper motor and nobody in the parts department at two dealerships knew about it. But from this end, I'm the one who looks bad, or incompetent.  Oh well, there's no level of explanation that's going to dig me out of this hindsight.

Well, the dealership has to order a $300 motor and that won't be in until tomorrow.  So, I'm having dinner now. Afterwards, I'll be back on my way to Micro Center to purchase a 500GB hard disk drive to replace The Robot's second unit.  Really, it's either the drive or the card controlling it. I'll soon find out.  When I had it plugged into the laptop, I noticed it sounding a tone, but I wasn't sure what it was? It could have been it powering up and down the whole time?

Log 2016010401

I performed a system test of OTHR's Map Updates via e-mail for Buckeye Trail only. And the following either failed, or I omitted to send a test message to them:

Stockport Section - BT
American Discovery Trail (ADT) Ohio & Kentucky (OHKY) East
ADT OHKY West [inclding the South Midwest Route (SMR)]
North Country Trail (NCT) Ohio Southwest and East

And these ones don't exist yet:
ADT OHKY North Midwest Route (NMR)
NCT Ohio West

At the moment, I can still publish to them from Blogger, but e-mail is preferred sometimes because if I don't have cellular data signal, it will sit in the "outbox" and wait to send until I do.

A joint in the bars that drive the windshield wipers on my 2008 Chevy HHR LS popped and now the driver's side doesn't work.  I popped it back in and it worked for a while until I turned up the speed to high.  Then it popped back out again.  I missed my last opportunity to go to a local dealership and see what my options are.  Now I have to go today with one day left before I depart for a hiking trip.  And I'm hoping that it's just a cap that the ball joint secures into.  Otherwise, I anticipate that the bars are not in stock that they'll have to order them.  If that's the case, I hope that the January 5th is a clear day, so that I catch up with them at a dealer that's down trail.

Right now, all but Smartphone Battery C has been charged.  And I'm waiting on whether I should mount my studded tires on my road bike.  I'm not sure if they'll accumulate mud on the backcountry roads in Southern Ohio that assume won't have any snow on them?