It's All About Cars

Jeanne got a package from Amazon.  It was a small item in a big box with no packaging material.  Luckily it was not a fragile item.

Daily deer run

Today we had our leisurely morning of coffee and breakfast and then we headed into town to run some errands.  We got about 1 mile away from the house and the car just died.  Jeanne got it to the side of the road and then we started the process of dealing with this dilemma.  Several people stopped to see if we needed any help.  That was nice.

• Called AAA ... no good because of membership renewal issues.
• Called the local towing company ... no answer since it is a Saturday 
• Called Subaru and they suggested the Subaru Roadside Assistance
• Called the SRA ... ah ha! right number.  No problem they will take care of it.  They will text us to give an ETA.   Jeanne has another car at home which has a dead battery. Jeanne called a friend to come pick us up to take us into town to buy a new battery for the Hyundai and then to take us back to the house.  Margie just dropped everything to help Jeanne out. Amazing friends.

Jeanne and Jay were leasing the Subaru.  The lease is up next month.  They are trying to decide if they will buy the car when the lease is up.  We just had joked about things falling apart when the warranty is up. 

Once we got back home, we put in the new battery.  That is the royal "WE", actually, Jeanne put in the new battery.  I just held the flashlight.  Jeanne is amazing. I think that she could do about anything. 

Yippee! The car worked!  So, we went to town to do the errands we had tried to do earlier.  Whew!! 1:30 pm - it was time for lunch.  We still had not heard from Subaru, so Jeanne started calling.  Quite a number of phone calls and "on holds" later.  They kept assuring us that they would take care of everything.  We felt like we really could not leave the house in case they showed up to the car.  Finally, they said they were sending a local guy who would try to jump start the car.  We had told them that we were pretty sure that it was NOT the battery.  Tony would be there in 15 minutes.  We jumped in the car and drove down to the Subaru.  Tony was already there.  He tried to jump start the car.  Surprise, surprise, that did not work.  He checked a few other things.  He thought that it was the fuel pump.  He towed the Subaru back to Jeanne's place.  It will probably have to be towed to Duluth on Monday.   We found out that his name is NOT Tony but Jake.  Tony was the previous owner of the towing company.  Jake thought it was just easier to leave the name on the towing company. At least the Hyundai is working now.  

Poor car

Our plans for today sure changed.  Jeanne got the AAA straightened out just in case the Hyundai has problems but Subaru Roadside Assistance is the way to go with the Subaru.  Good to know.  Now, it was too late to try to go to the Kawishiwi Falls.  Maybe tomorrow. Jeanne made an appointment for the Subaru on Wednesday.  She also arranged for Jake to do the towing.

Margarita time

The squirrels are fun to watch.

Blue Jay

What a cutie, but the squirrels sure make a mess of the deck.

Some of Jay's arrow head collection

Some of Jay's shell collection.

Dinner time.

Delicious dinner of BBQ ribs (which Jay had made), carrots and red potatoes.  The ribs were left over but that was not a problem for me.  Jeanne kept apologizing for serving so many left-overs.  I kept telling her that they were not left-overs for me.

After dinner we decided to go sit down by the bay to watch the moon rise.  

Jeanne did a better selfie, but I liked my background better.

It was very pleasant out but no sign of the moon.  Then we noticed that actually we might get a better view back up at the house.  Yup.

First, we had to get our beverages and then we sat out on the deck and watched the moon.  A very relaxing way to end the stressful day.  I really felt for Jeanne.

Pictures with my phone camera.

I took these with my actual camera.  It is not officially full moon yet.  Full moon won't be until Monday, when it is predicted to be raining.