The next morning, the engine wouldn't start, not even with the generator running....hmmm...not
good...every time we tried to start the engine, we'd almost stall out the generator. We finally ended up calling roadside service and they had told us it would take an hour to get a truck out to us, but, instead he showed up in about 10 minutes or so. We still had the generator running and he hooked up his jumper cables and we tried to start it...no go....finally, he told Ron he was going to get another truck to come out and see if that helped. Meanwhile, Ron had to call the road service back to see if they would cover it, which they did, finally. So, the guy comes back with his truck, plus the other truck, which is smaller, plus they had two batter boosters. Ron is just rolling his eyes, thinking, "oh boy, this is not going to work." So, everything got hooked up and next thing we know, they have it running. YAY!!!! Just don't turn it off for anything!!
Our bus members had assured us we could fill up with diesel and not turn the engine off, so that is what we had to do, with no problems at all. Once we got that done, it was off to the casino in Albuquerque to meet up with our bus friends. Considering we had planned on getting there at 11 and we ended up getting there at 1, guess it wasn't so bad after all.
We made sure we were right where we wanted to park before we turned off the ignition. Larry, who was hosting this event, is a whiz at figuring out diesel engine problems, sooo, when he showed up in the late afternoon, we came out of the casino where we'd been having an early dinner and he went to work. It really didn't take long at all, because what was wrong was a loose ground wire. Probably dropped out when we were driving on the really rough road on I-40 out of Flagstaff. WHEW!! We really didn't want to put out all that
money for brand new batteries to replace the ones we have and then
figure out where to send them from Canada! As soon as he put it back on,
the engine fired right up just like nothing had ever happened, which
made Ron a happy camper and finally put our minds at ease. I should have taken a picture of the two trucks and battery boosters hooked up to the bus, but, that was the last thing on my mind at the time. Didn't even get any pictures of us at the casino either....
We spent the rest of that day
having a good time, we went into the casino, got a club card with $25 to
spend in the casino and we had a buffet dinner for only $5
each. After dinner, we decided to play the slots, ya know, these
newfangled slot machines, I just don't understand them like I did the
old ones. I'm really not into gambling all that much, but, since it
wasn't my money, why not. Well, of course the first $20 went just like
that, but, the last $5 I put in the machine, I actually won $8.75, so I
cashed out. Ron won $9, so we didn't do too bad. One of our other
members was playing the dollar machine with her last $15 and won $180!
First time she's ever won anything like that. Good for her!
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