Valentine's Day at our Household

Earlier I wrote about the new Old Man Emu shocks we had put on the truck last fall.  We've never regretted doing that.  They make the ride very stable and the truck responsive to the road.  My husband and I put them to the test over New Years week when we had to drive to upstate New York and back to take care of some family business.  It snowed and snowed all week up there in the Lake effect region east of Lake Ontario.  Driving back we encountered snow squalls until we reached the Pennsylvania border then high winds, but at least it was clear the rest of the way home to Virginia.  The high winds didn't phase those shocks at all.  The truck used to sway side to side in high winds but not anymore.  What a difference. 

The New York winter and road salt, however, finally forced us to deal with yet another rust casualty: our muffler. 

I noticed it seemed loud the last few weeks but didn't pay that much attention.  When my husband went to get the truck's annual inspection they caught these few extra ports that have appeared in it.  It passed, but a new muffler is well overdue.  And the muffler is my Valentine's Day present to my other half this year.  

So much quieter!