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<p><i>It's spring break this week, and seeing as there are lots of things planned, I figured I'd jot down the main points each day.</i></p>
<p>Today I finally got a haircut.</p>
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<img src="/static/media/SB-D4/Before-Hair_1000.jpg" alt="Me with longer hair, before my haircut." width="750"
height="1000" />
<figcaption>Before.</figcaption>
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<img src="/static/media/SB-D4/After-Hair_1000.jpg" alt="Me sitting in the Jeep after the haircut." width="750"
height="1000" />
<figcaption>After.</figcaption>
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<p>On the way out, I noticed a red Willys parked next to me.</p>
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<img src="/static/media/SB-D4/Jeep-Friend_1000.jpg"
alt="Newer Jeep Willys parked next to my CJ-7 at the barber shop." width="1000" height="750" />
<figcaption>Jeep sighting.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>We had a big adventure planned, pick up Ángel from Milwaukee, and I hoped to take the CJ-7. I've been trying to figure out the ignition, and narrowed it down to the ignition switch, so I picked it up from the parts store and installed it. In typical fashion, it wasn't the problem and didn't solve anything... tomorrow I'll actually break out the continuity tester that I should have done almost a year ago and track down the culprit, but right now, I didn't have the time. We took off as it was with a very janky bypass wire for the ignition coil and my friend in his Miata as a backup car.</p>
<p>We kept off the interstate, so the drive took forty minutes longer than normal, but we did make it, albiet with a singed connector.</p>
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<img src="/static/media/SB-D4/Jeep-Museum_1000.jpg"
alt="Jeep CJ-7 and Mazda MX-5 in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum." width="1000" height="750" />
<figcaption>Made it to Milwaukee.</figcaption>
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<p>Overall, it went really well. If I fix the ignition wire, I'd be pretty comfortable going long distances.</p>
<p>We stopped for lunch at <a href="https://cafehollander.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Café Hollander</a> north of downtown and started the long drive back. After a few close encounters with traffic, we made it out of the city limits and cruised back home.</p>
<p>Tired, we hung out for bit before starting up the movie "Bullitt."</p>
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<img src="/static/media/SB-D4/Bullitt_1000.jpg" alt="Movie cover for the 1968 action/crime movie 'Bullitt'."
width="1000" height="750" />
<figcaption>Bullitt.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Tomorrow, we're going to try and swap some suspension components on my dad's truck, so I can actually have something to drive back to Detroit. We'll see how it goes.</p>
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