[at-l] Home Again, Already---

[mizwaterfall at yahoo.com (Nina)]

Oh no! Sorry to hear about your car, and the fact that
it kept you from hiking. :-(

Good luck getting back out to the trail next week!

Nina

--- Leslie Booher <lbooher@pure.net> wrote:

> I'm home again, already.  My car broke down in
> Hillsville, VA, about 35 miles from Fox Creek.  The
> cooling fan motor burned out.  I had to have it
> towed to Galax.  The Chrysler dealer there couldn't
> get the part before Wednesday, and they told me to
> drive it home today, while it wasn't very hot out,
> and have it fixed here.  I was not to use the air
> conditioning, fan, etc.  I'm exhausted from the
> tension of trying to drive so carefully, with the
> windows open, and keeping one eye on the temperature
> gauge the whole time.  I'm keeping my pack packed,
> though, and maybe I'll be able to leave again next
> Sunday.  
> 
> You know, my old mini-van lost the transmission in
> the same place at the same time of year in 2000 on
> my way to the HATT, and I had it towed to the same
> dealership, and I spent the night in the same Super
> 8.  This was deja vu all over again.  
> 
> I need to find a new route from here to the area
> from Damascus to Groseclose.  In May, on my way to
> hike and to Trail Days, I locked my keys in the car
> along the way and had to wait an hour for AAA to
> send a locksmith from Martinsville.  The locksmith
> told me how to avoid that in the future, though, so
> I'm prepared for the key thing.  
> 
> anklebear
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