Saturday, September 3
Up and at ‘em, we broke camp and started out to look for a garage. First place couldn’t take us – too few mechanics and already booked solid for the day. But they recommended another few places, one of which was open and was eventually able to squeeze us in after a wait. Since we had our laptop and books right there with us, waiting was OK with us.
Lindy and Noel at Newport Auto in Squamish were fantastic!
Good news was – brakes were just fine. We did an oil change while we were there since it was time. Bad news was – another couple of hours spent in a garage waiting room. Sigh.
After we left, we took off to do some much-needed shopping. As we were pulling out of the shopping center, my “Check Engine” light came back on.
You! Are! Bleeeeeeeeeeeep! Kidding! Me!
I haven’t even been out of the last garage for more than 30 mins!
The string of four-letter words that left my mouth would not be polite to enter here into this blog. Suffice it to say, I have had more than enough of car trouble. And I am tired of spending time – and money – fixing a stupid vehicle. Love the RV part of the Champagne Chevy, hate the Chevy part of the Champagne Chevy. Grrrrrrrrr.
I needed a walk and some fresh air and so did Auggie, so we went on a quick hour or so hike to Shannon Falls, which were literally right across the road from our campsite. Pretty.
We also got our very first look at some waters of the Big Blue Pacific - we've traveled a long way to see this!
Perhaps inspired by the scenery, we cooked a marvelous dinner – snapper with a lemon-butter sauce, couscous and steamed broccoli – and then finally finished the fourth Harry Potter book, the “Goblet of Fire.”
(This was my favorite Potter so far! The kids are getting older, the story is getting more complex and sophisticated, just like the kids’ brains and the thoughts that come out of them, and the political complexity and background surrounding each of the characters is getting really intriguing. Can’t wait to start #5.)
John & Ellen, I’ll send both #3 and #4 back to you when I get back into the States in a few days! Thanks - I'm loving this series!
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