Cranes

Well, rolling back up the hill, Silver stopped running, so coasted over to the Road Shoulder of the opposite lane, no room on my side, and sat awhile...this not long after Sunset, and no traffic, so a quiet sit awhile in the Darkening Canyon beside the Merced listening to Pygmy Owls and the River!...hmmph...the engine trouble light came on returning from Merced Wildlife Refuge, pics up, but too late to return to repair shop...just got Silver back!...wobble all gone...nary a shake on 59, which is good test of suspensions!...and this has happened before--the little engine light...but there is no telling what it indicates...all the gauges were good, so thought was to go up the hill, and whatever repair needed could wait for sometime!...okay a ways unil Planada, where at stoplight, engine stopped...but restarted, and continued, until in Canyon where it happened while rolling...reminded me of vapor locks in old family cars...so waitedwaited, and engine started, and, with trepidation, made it back to Valley...Silver  coasted to spot by the Bear Box under the Cedars in the Backyard!!!...sigh...maybe garage hearabout can do repair...this is of course the most dread scenario of the rollabouts...narrow mountain roads with no shoulders and quit engine after dark....fortunately, there was a shoulder, and I had cell phone, triple a, and could have walked, a long dark walk, to motels in Canyon, or just stay put, help would come along...but I dont know what counsel to give myself, let alone others--Roads have their hazards!...not unlike Trails...cell phone and headlamp...forgot to have headlamp!...otherwise would have tinkered under Silver's hood...probably just as well...new cars are pretty tinkerproof...anyway, glad to see, and hear!!! the Sandhill Cranes!...sunny hothot blue...Refuge has Water now at the entrance, and the West End...Hawks too, Redshoulder, Kite, Kestrel, Redtail, sighted...faraway pics...had just the 300 zoom with and the old waterproof...