Today, Charles and I headed up to one of our favorite hiking trails since we both had the day off. It was a bit of an adventure as we had some bad luck and some good luck today. Let's go with the bad first......when I pulled into the parking lot, all of a sudden my antifreeze started to splat and spurt all over the place, oh oh, it all overflowed and I was baffled???? What the hell? There was no indication what-so-ever on my dash board in regards to overheating, no radiator sign, so what then? We decided to let the car cool down, because it was a super humid day, go on our hike and deal with it when we got back. ( I have a membership to a road service here in Japan so I wasn't super worried) Our hike started out good but unfortunately, both Charles and I had worn bicycle socks in our hiking boots, because of the humidity we were both thinking cooler...., wrong move, we both got blisters within 20 mins, we hung with it for a while, but eventually they got really bad, and we both decided to end the hike early. It actually worked out better because we had more time to deal with the van situation awaiting us below at the trailhead. To make a long story short, it ended up being that I just didn't have enough water in the radiator in the first place, seems, the radiator cap is a bit worn, so the water has been evaporating more rapidly that usual. LUCKY!!! Only had to pay $45 to get the coolant replaced!! So our hike ended a bit early, got some nasty blisters, the Van acted up, but all in all we had a great day, could have been much worse!!!! Always think positive is my new motto!!! Is it working?? Later, K.