tripping
Saturday was supposed to be when we travelled to Lancaster to visit with
close friends who we haven’t seen in a while. I’m guessing the “was”
part clued you in as to the outcome :)
We had the usual grumpy start I seem to offer for most trips — why
I have no idea, part of it has to be the vastly different idea
lainens and I have of what a schedule is, I’m sure. Of course it
couldn’t be me :P
So, after stopping a couple times, we were about ready to get on the
road the car wouldn’t start. Joy. I’ve been through this before with
the ford so I knew what to do: check the battery, clean the cables (they
tend to accumulate that white crud), wait, offer a prayer to the nearest
deity.
Nada, zip, no start.
After ignoring lainens offer to find someone who will jump-start the
car, I finally found someone to jump-start the car and we drove to the
garage where they tell us that the starter was bad. Not being a simple
fix and realizing that the trip was a bust I drove lainens home, dropped
her and her dad off at the house and drove back to get the starter
replaced.
So, instead of a trip to meet friends and such, I spent the afternoon
reading a book waiting for the starter to be replaced. On the bright
side I did manage to get some reading done :)
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