Lana was pretty awesome, as we waited about two and a half hours for the verdict on the check engine light. She curled up on a carpet under my chair and slept, except when one of us would get up and move around. It looked as though the other customers who were waiting there were duly impressed, as she never made a peep and wasn't at all distracted by what any of them were doing.
So the verdict on this phase of the check engine light saga was that a hose wasn't adequately put back on after the gas tank replacement. So it was a simple fix and covered under warranty. And it worked out that we needed to spend some time doing some shopping in Easton, so it turned out well enough for us, especially since the weather was pretty unpleasant in the morning.
We stopped at a local bike shop in Easton, where we bought a replacement front wheel for Alea's bike. The total tab was $155 for the wheel and the rim tape. Alea's front tire was a throw-away, as it was an older Armadillo tire that was prone to delamination. There was a section of the tire that was starting to delaminate, plus there was the area where the tire was run over where there might be cord damage. So we cleaned up the tire that I had taken off my rear wheel while we were on the Outer Banks and put it on her front wheel. It should last quite a while as her front tire, and that leaves us with a new spare in reserve, in case we have any additional problems over the next couple of months.
With the weather improving a bit, we decided to rack up a few bicycle miles late in the day. The temperatures finally broke into the 60s, though the winds continued to be strong. Alea dropped me off in south Phillipsburg, NJ, where I rode our route the 15 miles back to Milford, NJ, where Alea's ride had stopped yesterday. We'll return to the drop off point tomorrow, to continue our ride northward.
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