Well, it finally happened. Car trouble. An hour of panic. The navigation/entertainment center and the console electricity all went out. Yesterday there was no problem and today there was no navigation, no radio, nothing.
As of yesterday, we have a plan - something I have avoided up until now. The next few days all have some planned event and we have a hotel reservation in Healy Tuesday night which means we need to leave Palmer first light Tuesday morning.
We tried the old turn it off and back on routine twice. No change. Off we went to the Ford dealership. For almost an hour I fretted about the darn schedule and whether or not I had bought the trip insurance and how little that would matter since we had to be in Haines by the 30th to catch the ferry.
We pulled into the dealership and I went inside to see where I should go with my VERY IMPORTANT TO ME FIRST WORLD PROBLEM. The salesman I approached didn’t even try to sell me a new car. He just politely gave me directions. I went back to the car and found the problem was gone. Stanley had again turned off the car and restarted it. Everything lit up like a Christmas tree.
Not quite being willing to accept the good fortune without finding some glitch in it, I still went in to talk to the service guy. He assured me it was one of two things. Either the system was going through a regularly scheduled rebooting or the screen was going bad. Neither issue was a case for panic. He explained that the system usually rebooted in such a way that we would be unaware of the process, but if the symptoms occurred again in the near future it was most likely the screen looking to fail. Easily remedied.
So. . . With panic relieved, we went on to Jesse’s house in Palmer where we will headquarter for the next few days. Whew!
A couple of hours before Jesse came home from work to relax, read and enjoy the drizzle rain.
Off to have dinner with Sean and Erin at their sweet little house in the woods.
The garden is almost picture perfect, dinner was delicious, and as an added bonus, a lady moose walked right through the yard with me standing on the porch with my camera at the ready.
We think Sean picked a wonderful lady to spend the rest of his life with and we wish them a joyful life together. I was delighted to see the peonies Rita Jo gave me were in such good condition as i regifted them to Erin.
THANKFUL THURSDAY
Stanley is thankful there has been no more hurricane activity in the gulf and none predicted for the next 10 days Thankful for seeing the Sean/Erin house in the woods what a lovely place! Successful trip to Homer The peonies for Erin came out of the box perfectly.Thankful for our safe travels. Thankful the car issue wasn’t more serious
DONA Two weeks is a long time and we neglected to do this last week Thankful for our time with Jesse and Ken Peltier last Thursday night For the sweet visits with Henry and Marcia, Andy, and Judy. For the visit to Soldotna and Homer and all the beauty we saw. For the excursion around the Copper River Valley to see all the changes 25 years have wrought. For Stanley and his efforts to make this trip so special for me.
