Hooray for Sandia MINI

Yesterday GPMINI decided to light it’s Service Engine Soon indicator, though she otherwise seemed to drive perfectly fine. I didn’t really want to drive back to Florida worried, and remembered back in 2006 how great Sandia MINI in Albuquerque was – only about 250 miles away!
I emailed the Service Manager Chad, who said they were very busy but … so I visited anyway as we were sort-of passing by! Sandia MINI did all they could for me; Service Advisor Andrew personally set up GPMINI and read out the codes, confirming that the warning was an unimportant “lean fuel” indicator, likely a result of GPMINI’s unusual diet of 91 octane and 10,000ft elevation. They cleared the code and confirmed all was well. What’s more, they even washed GPMINI for me – and didn’t charge me anything.

 

Mesa Verde and rain

Today we drove from our hotel to Mesa Verde and back, close to 200 miles in total – another spectacular scenery day well documented over on MargaretAndIan, but here we have a few GP-related bonus highlights:

GPMINI on Mesa Verde – and look at the Mesa Verde roads, very excellent!

Our first rain while driving, since we flew out to Los Angeles almost two weeks ago; but rain can bring a rainbow!