We stayed
on the hard shoulder last night. This morning, we flagged
down 3 kids - late teens, early 20s - who gave us some
water, root beer, and crackers. The water was great, we’d
run out earlier, so we’d had nothing. One called the state
troopers, then we showed them the ‘zibit that Doug made us.
One seemed amazed, not sure about the other two, but they
liked it. Anyhow, they left, and we waited quite a while.
Slim
flagged down another guy who gave us some ice water and
called a tow truck.
After we
got to the garage, the guys looked it over and said there
was nothing wrong. So we got out of Gila Bend, went on the
road to Buckeye, we over heated again. We had to flag down
another driver to use their cell phone, to call the garage,
who in turn said they'd call the garage in Buckeye to come
out. That was about a 2 hour wait, and when the tow truck
got here, he said that he'd only gotten the call 15 mins
earlier.
ARG!
Anyhow,
we got towed again and the point is, the radiator had gone,
the radiator hose had a leak, needs a head gasket, a water
pump and god knows what else. So we got some work done
today, and we'll have to go back on Monday to get the rest
done.
We're now
in an RV park til then. Slim will take a break from driving
tomorrow, and I'll sort out the car again.
Frostie
is taking the traveling rather nobly.
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