So, as we were driving around the day before, we noticed that our car thermometer would go from the normal range and then would suddenly, without warning, the needle would SHOOT up to the overheating range. And then as fast as it had flown up to the "Your car is about to explode" level, it would drop back down to the normal range. Very weird. We (we being my husband and not me, because I know nothing about cars) had checked fluids, and nothing was low. So, instead of spending a leisurely day down by the lake again, we decided to make a change of plans, and Ken would call up AAA and figure out where to take the car to be fixed. We were traveling to Baltimore the next day, and decided we did not want to be stranded in the city!
Ken finally found a place that was open on a Sunday, and he took the van off to be fixed while the kids and I spent a leisurely day in and around the cabin.
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| Nathaniel spent time carving his walking stick with his new pocket knife. |
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| The kids hunted caterpillars. |
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| We hunted and found the tail-less lizard. |
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| And our favorite pass time of the day? Watching the men cut the lawn. |
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| We showered, got ready for bed, ate some leftovers for dinner, and waited for Papa to come home with the van. |
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Finally, after spending the day away, Papa and our van made it home! They had fixed the problem, our van was no longer saying it was over heating.
We celebrated our last night in Virginia with some fire and s'mores!
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| Nathaniel starting the fire |
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| Roasting Marshmallows |
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| Mmmm. S'mores! |
Tomorrow we would be heading for a few days in Baltimore, so we sent the kids to bed with bellies full of s'mores, packed up the car and headed to bed. This was certainly not the way we had intended to spend the day, but not much could be done about it! We had to fix the car! And despite being cabin bound, we had a nice day anyway.
Up Next: A continuing saga of car trouble
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