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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Sunday Sunday Sunday!
Once again my dear wife dragged us out of bed good and early to catch the sunrise. This time it was the Waterfowl lakes (upper and lower), and it was dang cold! (1°C), but the scenery was beautiful.
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The Mighty Merc – NP205 Mount
After shaving the stock mount off the NP205, I needed to come up with another mount to help support things. I didn’t really care for the mounts that were available commercially, so a little thinking netted me this:
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Saturday
Saturday morning’s sunrise found us at Mount Edith Cavell:
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Oh Canada! 2013 Trip – Finally Dry Friday
We woke up early to catch the sunrise, and much to our surprise, it was actually dry! We headed out to Mosquito…errr.. Pyramid Island to grab some sunrise photos. By the way, sunset is 10:30 (stays light until 11:15 ish) and sunrise is 5:30 (gets light around 4:45):
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The Mighty Merc – Moving the VSS and Tone Ring Math
In 1999 (and newer) Explorers and Mountaineers use a tone ring in the rear differential to give a signal for the VSS. This signal is used for the automatic transmission inputs as well as the ABS and speedometer. While my autotragic and ABS is going away, I still wanted to have a working speedometer and cruise control.