Fair Weather in Fairbanks

Day 26: July 26, 2017: Fairbanks, AK: 202m/325km
Opa said that it is tradition to eat breakfast at Fast Eddy's. He was disappointed that they didn't have his reindeer sausage. We were on our way to Fairbanks, they have a BMW dealership. Opa was hoping that they could look at his suspension and his tire. We pulled into the dealership shortly after noon, local time. They told us to come back in the morning and that they could do a full diagnostic but, they said they believed the suspension problem would be fixed.
We drove across the street and set up camp and then made our way over to Walmart to change the oil. It took three different stores to get the right oil. We went back to Walmart. Loaded my bike with all of his belongings, he jacked his bike up, took the muffler off, took the back wheel off, and rolled it into Walmart so they could repair the hole in his tire. Then be both drained and changed the oil. He got his wheel back on the bike, lowered the jack. He went to turn the bike on, to help filter the oil. It was so loud he jumped. He forgot to put the muffler back on! We finally got everything back where it belongs and returned back to camp.





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