on the way home, i stopped at coastlands mall toyworld and picked up the diecast police vehicles from the hypercity range. photos here. they were only $10, down from $30. i hope to get the fire vehicles tomorrow when we take the kids to palmerston nth.
was a mostly uneventful day. like last year i rode much of the way on the hard shoulder due to traffic. its either that or stay in traffic, overheat the engine and turn my legs into a roast dinner, lol.
i took the hiawatha out to the club again, where master repairman paul took it to bits and gave it a proper lube up. he said she runs really well and is still quite tight from lack of use. he think shes been in a box somewhere for most of her life. she also blows smoke, so i will get some smoke oil tomorrow.