still has some must see stops on the way: the Hoover Dam, Grand
Canyon, Monument Valley and Arches National Park. So it wasn't until
Friday evening that we really started going. With 2200 miles to drive
by Sunday night, we entered Arches National Park in Utah an hour
before sunset to make a 'Japanese visiting Europe in three days' style
visit. However, it just occured that the muffler of our car fell of at
one rusted joint, dragging on the road underneath the car. But this
could only stop us for a very short period of time: after a half an
hour repair in the middle of the National Park, using our natural
polish improvised engeneering skills we managed to support the muffler
with a piece of sandstone(!). This worked for a few hundred miles
until the stone became displaced and the muffler once again hit the
ground in Colorado. We modified the construction replacing the stone
with a piece of firewood. This lasted until Kansas, where we finally
perfected the design using plastic fasteners copper electrical wire.
Since then we have had no problems. After a short overnight stay east
of Kansas City we continued our drive with slightly over 1000 miles
left till Washington DC. We should arrive late Sundy night, helped by
back winds blowing since Utah and improving our gas mileage.
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