Finally, we are on the road to Yellowstone. We have had a series of adventures in automotive repair! First we were stranded on a busy interstate with the Jeep! Just picture it… after 10 at night, pitch dark with cars zipping past, and we are just off the road in a car that has, without warning, stopped! Now what??? Who do we know that can help us. We are about 40 min from our motor home. Light bulb! Brother-in-law, Paul becomes our Angel and rescues us, returning us to the motor home so that we can go back and hook up to the Jeep.
We tow it to our daughters where our son helps by towing it to a mechanic who diagnosis the problem as a bad coil. A few days later ( Memorial Day weekend got in the way) we have our Jeep back and another day later we are stranded again! Evidently there was more than a coil problem. This time it is found to also have a bad fuel pump. What a pit. We were supposed to leave this morning for Moorhead to have a visit with another son and his family before heading to points further West.
Well, now it is 10:30 PM and we are about half-way to Moorhead. The plan is now to have an early breakfast with the family and hopefully make it to Rapid City, SD before night fall tomorrow.
Ah, adventures! Life would be so dull without a few challenges along the way!
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