Wazzzzup Blog peeps!?
Today is a day I feel like bringing some old stuff back... like "Wazzup?" and "Boom shaka-laka!" (which I still use anyways). Welcome to throwback day! Enjoy!

At any rate, the 4Runner is one step closer to being ready to go, and so is my departure date one day closer to being here. Yesterday, I was messing about with the back window and realized, despite my best efforts deep cleaning the seats and carpets, I did not get all of the oil spill/stain out of the rear carper area. The previous owner appears to have spilled some oil back there... not much and it seems to be clean oil, but none the less... it was all over might butt. So, I cleaned it up the best I could with some brake cleaner and some carb and choke cleaner then off to the the store I went.
After a bit of shopping, I picked up some painters plastic, Elmers brand spray glue and a $12.xx navy blue carpet... they didn't have black or gray. Oh well. When I got back home I laid out the plastic in the back of the 4Runner and unrolled the carpet. the fit is perfect! Then i used the Elmers spray glue, to glue up a little piece of my headliner that was falling down in the back. It had a bit of tack to it and would stay up for a week or so, then it would fall down. I'm hoping the Elmers spray glue will help keep it up for good... plus it was cheap!

So, heres what was done (I did A LOT more before creating this blog. Check my facebook pics for how crappy this thing looked and ran when I got it):

Cleaned out the back, laid down the seats and and unrolled the carpet over some painter plastic:

Front is cleaned and sorted:

Heres a couple shots of the back. Of course its not totally packed. I have been expirementing with packing arrangements.. its been tricky since my rear glass wont go up or down. haha.:

Outside:

Kayak mount details... please ignore my finger in the corner of the shot >:-(

Cheapy power station from Wal-Mart for charging, ipod, phone and running the GPS and any other 12v devices I might need, or if a friend needs to charge too:

I also (not that you probably care!) changed the oil with some 15w-40 Rotella, and some lucas oil stabilizer.... I may have over filled it a bit (not a ton, dont worry) but it seems to be fine... and since its okay with a touch of extra oil.... i wont complain!

Thats it for now! I'm starting to get the hang of blogging I think. Just like updating a thread in a forum I guess. I'm trying to be more conscious of my spelling and grammar in my blog (without being too anal). Sometimes it can be hard to read stuff that is so poorly written!

I also want to thank my good friend Phoxx Ekcs for helping me sort out odds and ends as I go. Check out his up coming primitive kayak/lifestyle trip at Full Circle Kayak. Thanks Phoxx!

Anyways, talk to you again soon, Hippies!
Levi