Derek forgot to set his alarm, so we were off to a late start. As we were going out the door I couldn't find my keys to lock the house and Derek had given his house key to our daughter in law who was going to be staying at our home while we were gone. So we spent half an hour looking for my keys so we could lock up. Finally found them in the bottom of a trash bag. So off we went. Just as we were passing the tail end of the big BM (Battle Mountain) the van died as I was cruising down the road. So I coasted up the road as far as we could go and pulled off to the side. It was dead as a door knob. Derek felt it was the fuel pump. After several attemps to start the van I called information for the number to a tow truck company and just got their answering machine when I called them. So I asked Derek to just try it one more time. It started! So off we went back into Battle Mountain in search of the parts store I remembered seeing from the freeway. But of course they didn't have the part and suggested we go on to Elko, 70 miles down the road. Half an hour later the van dies again only to start and sputter down the road about 2 miles and hour and then die again. We waited for awhile and it started and we took off only to repeat this about every half hour. When we finally make it to Elko we spot a Carquest auto store and they have the part for a mere $250.00. Derek asks them if we can work on our car in their parking lot and they kindly said yes! So of course Derek is in one of his best shirts and has only brought his best shirts so I loan him one of mine. He backs the car up onto the curb and proceeds to drop down the fuel tank of the van so he can replace the fuel pump. What a job! It took him a little over an hour to get the van back in running order. As he is working on it I am busy reading and he says aren't you going to take pictures so you can blog this. So here are the pictures !
And then he starts singing Don't I look good in your shirt, his own version of Keith 
3 comments:
O'm glad that you guys made it there safe! You had the best travel partner to get you through the tough times. Julie, you crack me up with that last little question about who named Idaho. I'm laughing about it right now.
Ryan and I are headed you way on Wednesday. I'll give you a call or stop by for a visit.
He does look Stellar in your shirt!You forgot to tell about the gas in the ear.
hahahahayhahaha fricken funny well ok not the part of breaking down but the shirt and the pose and blogging the pic hahahahaha
you gave him a ralph lauren shirt???
nice gas in the ear too well hell good thing it waited to break down when it was only the 2 of you that would not have been good with a carfull of kids and luggage
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