Thinking on the sound my truck made, I'm not sure if it was one of the rods ($$$ and pure evil) or the drive belt. If it's the belt, then I can just fix the truck and deal. The sound was a sudden, loud clomp followed by a lot of other softer clomps that kinda sounded like a wet rubber fan hitting something metal. Given that, I'm starting to think "belt" which is on the cheap side to replace. (A couple of hundred versus a couple of thousand) Also, given my past problems with my truck, it's normally something relatively cheap to replace (like the time I got stranded on I-95 in Jan in the night, in the rain, when it was 34 F out...freakin' starter...)

Anyway, yes, the weather was perfect. I just loved it. It never got overly hot and it got chilly at night (blankets!!!!). I'll write more on Pennsic later when I find my cord for the camera...