It has been a long time since we last posted. It has been a busy past few days, but we'll try to post a few days at once to keep you all satisfied. Sorry we promised updates every night, as you'll find out we hit some bumps in the road...
Today, Thursday July 24th, we woke up in the Red Rock Casino parking lot in Las Vegas, NV, with minimal sleep thanks to the blaring pop music, temperatures in the upper 80's and bright lights all around us. We went to the Border's across the street as Dave mentioned in the last post, and awaited heading to the airport to pick up my fiance Lyn, who was flying into Vegas for the next 4 days. She was to arrive around 12:45 PM, and we arrived late, much to her dismay. We didn't know about the height restrictions, and the heat/lack of sleep didn't help anyone's moods. We got on the road excited for the KOA in Williams, about 4-5 hours away. Temperatures were easily over 100 degrees for the whole ride. We saw the Hoover Dam, and crossed over into Arizona. After heading south towards I-40, Charlotte gave Kyle some problems. She just decided that she didn't want to drive anymore. After pulling her over, I tried turning her back on, and she would idle very roughly for a few seconds, then would turn off, with a press on the accelerator doing nothing to persuade her. Time to call a tow truck.
After AAA hung up on us, we got in touch with a wonderful lady named Misty that worked at D&S Auto Repair in Kingman, AZ. Misty helped us out tremendously, even offering to pick us up if she could (I don't think her car could tow us though). Eventually a guy from Mike's Towing came out, and we were on our way in a short amount of time. This towing experience was much faster than when we broke down on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. We arrived at the Auto Repair shop, which closed at 5:00, but checked in to the Rambling Rose Motel next door, at the suggestion of Misty. After a quick dip in the pool, we started walking down to a Mexican Restaurant 8 blocks away, another one of Misty's suggestions. It was very relaxing for the 4 of us, and Dave ordered their special Burrito, a whopping 28 inches long. He was unable to finish the burrito, and ended up having breakfast, lunch and dinner fixed for the next day. We then started our walk back down Historic Route 66 back to the Ramblin' Rose. Kingman was one of the fortunate Route 66 towns that also had I-40 run through it, so it wasn't shut down like the rest of them. On our way in, Lyn asked the tow truck driver where Route 66 is based on the fact that the scenery reminded her of the movie cars. Turns out she was dead on.
The Ramblin' Rose was comfortable, and taking a shower was a welcome change, as was Lyn's presence. Lyn's adventures with Charlotte didn't start off very well, but things will hopefully be better the next few days. Please post comments on our blog to let us know how you are all doing, and if you think you can figure out what went wrong with Charlotte on US-93 South...
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I think that she got overly excited that I was there and overheated with joy :) It's funny- even though I was there, I still love reading the blog.
Hey guys,
Some of us back here weren't sure of your itinerary and thought you might have been near the earthquake today. I hope everything is going well, though there have clearly been some hiccups.
My guess is Charlotte blew some more tires.
Great to hear from you, including you Lyn! Pictures from Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam were great....can't wait to see you in your Las Vegas and LA get ups. Have fun in LA and enjoy the AC. Mom aka H
We thought about the quake as well, particularly since I got a call form Dave's credit card company asking if the charges in NV and CA were legit. Hope you're all OK.
That was some burrito if my boy Dave couldn't finish it!
Do we get to see pictures of it?
I think we all know why Charlotte broke down. In Vegas Lyn got on instead of me like how it was supposed to be!! I know, I know, I BLEW IT. Thanks for the postcard guys, although I beat you guys to Lake Tahoe this summer, I was there in June.
OH BOY!!! Another Breakdown. You guys are handling this well. Charlotte is just getting up to speed. We are glad that Lyn arrived safely and you didn't take the top off of Charlotte picking her up. Ask Dad about that sometime. Have Fun. Love, Mom L.
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