It feels like our life is like Flubber- from that crazy 90's remake where the green stuff bounces around and the more it bounces the faster it goes and there's no control really....We were in Writing on Stone ready to head across the border- plans to go to Utah and New Mexico and Texas and Arizona for six months- now that we have our feet under us- we can do this. But Greg checks the radiator fluid and the level is down, it seems to have boiled off and spewed out the cap. The code reader is reading lots of stuff. We feel sick. Two garages in Milk River refuse to even look at it. The Ford dealership there sold Greg a new cap for the radiator. Wow. So we come back to Okotoks Ford where our trusty friend Lyn gets it looked at. The clutch for the fan for the coolant system is gone. $1300 repair. Okay. So apparently a 2004 F250 4x4 diesel truck with only 240,000 km (when we started) is done- over- that's it. It now has 255,000 km after spending almost $18,000 and it's not trustworthy. In hind sight (which I hate) we should have bought a new truck before we started. But we aren't made of money. So frustrating! So now are leaving Southern Alberta where it's getting cold and the campgrounds are all closing. Not going south. Throwing in the towel and heading to the Kootenay's to look for a cabin or house to rent for the winter. Try to regroup- make this part of the adventure- make it fun for the kids....damn.
Hopefully the truck will get us moved somewhere....stay tuned to the future adventure of the Flubbers.
