OK, I've made it to California and was picked up in the vanagon at the
airport.

Noticed it wasn't cooperating going into 1st gear and making a bit of
a whine noise in the back.

We stopped at the mechanic on the way to do the paperwork - he
adjusted the linkage and said all was now okey dokey.

Nope - still fighting getting into first after it warmed up again.

So...

The nice folks at PTH put me in a rental car and sent me on my way
until 2 pm tomorrow.

I'm not feeling too confident right now... I'm gonna need a lot of
luck on this adventure!  Maybe I'll go with the eurovan after all...  ;)

Tam