At 200-and-some miles, on the over-the-hilly bit between Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, the vehicle engine commenced to misfire in a very worrying manner. (I now know that this is what the previously intermittent rumblings were about, engine misfires.) On the way back, the loss of power up several grades got so pronounced that…

An extravagantly reckless trip that may blow up the engine of my vehicle. The Conference of Northern California Handweavers is having a do, down in San Luis Obispo, in early August, and during a manic phase a couple of months ago, I paid for it. But the vehicle does not like to spend more than…