Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Ky., Tn., back to Ga. Memorable highlights included: 1. BLUE LICKS Battlefield and State Resort Park, Kentucky. 2. Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio. 3. Dutch Heritage, Amish Style Cooking Restaurant, Bellville, Ohio. 4. Put In Bay, Ohio. 5. The Herry Ford, Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearbourne, Michigan. 6. Hillsdale County Fair, exhibits and especially the Demolition Derby, Hillsdale, Mi. 7. Seeing wheere Post and Kellogg's cereals were made, Battlecreek, Mi. 8. Picking apples at Gary Crane Farm, picking up some souvenirs at Saugatuck Brewing Co., while on the way to touring the beautiful eastern shores of Lake Michigan. 9. The Farmers Market in Holland, Michigan. 10. Spending a few days at The Rockwell Lake Lodge located south of Cadillac, Michigan. reasonable 11. Sightseeing Amish culture at Shipshewana, Indiana. 12. Then a leisurely two lane trip back to our home in 'Dirtville', Georgia. Total miles Hybrid Mariner SUV = 2,557 (averaging 31.5 mpg) Gasoline = $277 Lodging = $986 (incl some meals) Other food = $270 misc. = $153 Boarding Mr. Dogface = $154 Total direct cost for two people = $ 1,840 Time period 10 days ranging later September through early October.

I hear you, but after about 17 years in and around NYC/Roslyn/Tarrytown, 3 years in the Navy, 5 years near the beach in Lomita CA, 11 years in Holland (still have the same ex-Dutch wife), 20 years in Saudi Arabia, a couple of years in Houston, a year in Calgary, we chose Socal in sight of the Pacific for retirement 27 years ago. You probably wouldn't believe all the things we can do, e.g., within 20 minutes of twisty two-lane mountain and desert roads, that I enjoy every weekend on two and four wheels with fellow enthusiasts. We go over Mt Laguna's 6,000 feet almost every week where there is plenty of climate change, colored leaves, sign "Against the law to throw snowballs at vehicles."

I was wondering when GM was going to pop up. They are licensing technology to SAAB. I presume they don't want their own technology being used to compete against them in the lucrative Chinese market. Somewhere deep in the sale documents of SAAB to the Dutch was the restriction on future sale of SAAB. GM really does have the upper hand here.

I saw a first-gen Volvo S40 the other day, the one that was based on the Mitsubishi Carisma. How funny, it was a Swedish brand, owned by Americans (Ford), based on a Japanese brand (Mitsu) who was part owned by Americans who were in turn owned by Germans (Daimler-Chrysler, IIRC), and built by Dutch (and Malaysians, and Thai, and South Africans!). Talk about GLOBAL! :D