National Automobile Museum Reno has a great automobile museum, and the last time we went to the National Automobile Museum was probably 10 or more years ago, so we decided to go today. It was great 10 years ago, and it's still the same today. The museum layout and Main street
Cleaning the Escalade Keith and the kids finally decided to take on the task of giving the Escalade a deep clean. You can see Tucker is using a special brush attached to a drill, and he's using that to work the special soap into the carpet. It took many hours and
Clutch Work on the Motorcycle The previous owner of the KTM motorcycle had installed an auto clutch and removed the clutch lever. So Keith tried to reinstall the clutch lever -- only to find that the clutch was not designed to work with a lever (even though most similar clutches are). So Tucker helped him put
carson Some Minor Repairs We're still trying to find the cause of an intermittent stalling issue in the Escalade that only occurs once every 6 months. We brought it into a shop, which after a thorough examination, concluded that they couldn't reproduce the issue and had no idea what could
Fall Fest in the Park, Parowan, UT 2019 Fall Fest in the Park gave us a nice excuse to visit Parowan, UT. It is a small festival / car show with some pretty neat cars, some crafts and other vendors, and of course, the 'Best in the West' cinnamon rolls from the Parowan Cafe. Angela's
Scooter Repairs Shortly after he had left for college, we received a call from Carson. The electric scooter he was riding died and left him stranded. We picked him up and drove him to class for the day. A little bit of soldering and some new parts and the scooter is back
Carson's Motorcycle Repair Carson pushes the little electric Razor MX650 motorcycle pretty hard on the dirt trails. On a recent ride, he blew out the rear suspension -- it was literally in pieces. So we found a much nicer mountain bike shock on eBay. It has better dampening and is a little longer. The
Carson Dirt Biking Carson has enjoyed a little electric dirt bike that we bought. He goes exploring the trails near our house regularly. We just received a larger 48v 1800W motor for it, that we will connect to a better motor controller and 52V lithium ion batteries (from our lawn mower), that should
Scooter Repairs With Carson starting college, he needed transportation. After some research and discussion, we ordered a Xiaomi M365 Scooter. Washington, D.C. had lots of similar scooters for rent to get around town, so we thought we'd give it a try. We eagerly awaited its arrival to find it
Dirt Bikes in the Yard Ok, it's not really our yard, but our house backs up to hills and jeep trails, so the kids and I have been exploring the area on our dirt bikes and bicycles. We have a small, relatively cheap, electric dirt bike that does surprisingly well on the trails.
All fixed After some significant work, the car is running again. We replaced the fuel pump, which we believe to be the primary cause of the issue. The issue has been intermittent, so we aren't positive it was the issue. The fuel pump is inside of the fuel tank, so
Broken Down This weekend, we drove through the beautiful Cedar Canyon, with its narrow two lane road and steep rocky cliffs. As we pulled into Woods Ranch Park, the engine died. Of all of the places for it to die, this had to be the best. We had a nice green park,
Cutler's Cookies and the Bountiful Utah Car Show Carson belongs to various youth design and programming groups online, meeting youth all over the world, but even some nearby. So when he found out we were going through Bountiful on the way to Grant's Mission Farewell, he arranged to meetup with one of his online friends there.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and Hall of Fame While drive cross-country, we stopped at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500 and many other races. While there, we visited the Racing Hall of Fame and Racing Museum. We are able to watch a short video about the history and see many of the winning cars.
Broken Down on the Side of the Road Yep, that's us at about 10:00pm broken down on the side of the road. When we returned to the US, we found that one of the tires on the car was flat and that the batteries would not hold a charge. So we brought it to a
Costa Rica Retrospective: Driving I had no intention of driving in Costa Rica prior to arriving. I had seen driving in our parts of Latin America and had been terrified of it. But we quickly realized that the areas in which we had hoped to live could not be navigated without a car. Renting
Riding Around With Grandpa in the Yard It's pretty amazing when you have a yard that is large enough to ride around in a Polaris Ranger and Polaris Razor. Grandpa Knight taught the kids how to drive.
Motorcycle Girl Savannah decided that she knows how to ride a bicycle, she should learn to ride the motorcycle. So she started practicing on Saturday and did well.
Dirt Bike Family Christmas brought us two new kid-sized electric dirt bikes. They have been so much fun in our yard! It's easy to imagine that Savannah will be riding one of these without training wheels before a bicycle. Comments Keith (Feb 12, 2015): Both bikes were from Black Friday
Christmas Dirt Bike Carson received an electric Razor dirt bike for Christmas. Since we open a present or two each week in December leading up to Christmas, Carson was able to open it last week. Since it was a huge labeled box sitting in our garage, it wasn't exactly a surprise,
keith Keith's Track Day I spent the day at the race track, racing go-carts and exotic cars (thanks to a vendor that invited me to attend a short meeting followed by the racing). It was a lot of fun. I was one of the top drivers on the go-carts, which were incredibly
keith Working on the car While Angela was driving home from Savannah's pre-school, she heard a weird humming noise from the front drivers side wheel. Then as she went faster it began to vibrate. So she slowed down and finished that last few blocks to our house and gave me a call.
carson Sand Mountain, NV A few months ago, the kids and I went exploring Sand Mountain with Grandpa Knight's Polaris. Climbing in the sand was so much fun -- a new experience for the kids. Carson just kept climbing and climbing until we couldn't see him any more. That's
carson Monster Truck Kids Before leaving Nevada, we made one last trip to Scheels Sporting goods. They had a new Jeep / Monster Truck display the kids could play on.
