Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Car Trouble at 105 Degrees!

After the football game, we had a wonderful time in Kansas City with Kenneth, Melinda, Don's dad, and several of Don's relatives.  We got to see Uncle Rod again - twice in less than a month!  Micky and her husband, Mike, were there, too.  He is fighting a tough fight against cancer, but we would have never known it on Sunday.

Monday afternoon, we headed for home, and we could tell something wasn't right with the RV.  It wasn't downshifting correctly, the radiator fans were really loud . . . we just couldn't figure it out.

On the way through Emporia, we made our usual stop at Starbucks.  I had to have my chai tea latte, you know!  The trouble started when we restarted the engine.  The sound was awful.  Don turned off the motor, and restarted it without trouble.  Thank goodness the gas station was only a mile away, because by the time we got to it, the engine was boiling over.

After more fiddling, we determined we weren't going anywhere.  It was at least 105 outside, and poor Don was crawling around under the hot engine.  The tow truck came, and luckily, the mechanic figured out what was wrong and how to fix it.  He had us on our way in no time.

We were very fortunate.  We had air conditioning, a toilet, and food.  It could have been a whole lot worse . . . and much more expensive!

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