After finding out that every quick lube business in Salina, Kansas had gone out of business I hit the road thinking 'ah well, highway miles don't count as much anyway.' After a stiff wind produced dismal mileage I began to think that the air filter was messed up too. Further discovering that no quick lube place in Aurora, Co. would do the job without dropping the T@B off first I returned, in rush hour traffic, to the Walmart chosen for a big parking area for overnighters. Upon arrival, a sign claiming 'voted best oil change value in Colorado' was hanging outside the auto service area. They got me right in and even diagnosed a wonky air filter- which they were out of. A quick negotiation of the brand new streets in that area got me to O'Reily's auto parts and a new filter. Back to the WM which I discover is a monument of sorts to recycling. The base layer of this WM (which is one of their biggest- at least 6 times the size of the bigger ones at home) was made from the old main runway at the old Stapleton Airport in Denver. Everything inside was made of recycled stuff. Pretty impressive. Rest assured- this also meant that there were 6 times the number of the 'people of WM' in all their glory. After a rainy nights sleep, at 6:30AM I found a spot at one of the 40 gas pumps at this full service WM but no place for gas or breakfast. The last of the tea from a rest stop yesterday and some BelVita biscuits and I made it through Denver and the Eisenhower tunnel by mid-morning and a toast and java rest stop. The mileage was excellent in the mountains!
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