Exciting day today. We started off normally. We were meandering down Hwy 97 and stopping periodically to look at scenic stops. Yesterday the car just stopped in the middle of a town we were going through. When we re-started the car was really running roughly but kept going and after a short while at 55 mph, the engine seemed to clear and we were doing great.
Today we had the same experience several times. Our heat continues - up to 106 degrees today. We decided to stop at a Target store to give the car a chance to cool off, get a grip, whatever. After 1/2 hour it started and was a little rough but not bad so we continued on. It wasn't right though so we stopped at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument and wandered through the visitor's center. When we went to leave, the car was really rough and then it kept stopping as we tried to leave the parking lot. We had to give up - the car wouldn't start. So we called our trusty AAA service - cool. They asked a million questions and then said they would send a tow truck to take us to a AAA recommended shop; the tow truck would be with us in 40 minutes or less.
30 minutes later the call came that the tow truck was not available, the shop was going to be closed for the weekend and we couldn't park there because there wasn't room so another tow truck company was contacted and he could be with us in 2-4 hours (it was now 4:30 pm.) Another call said the shops were going to be closed over the weekend so it would be Monday before anyone could look at the car and did we have a full service vehicle (meaning did we have a toilet and water.) Time to think about emergency plans - rent a car to get home for work on Monday? Go with the flow and get home whenever we get there? Catch a bus to Klamath Falls which then has the train to SB?
Ten minutes later, another call, said that the new tow truck company had cancelled the call because we needed to decide where we wanted to be towed and gave us 4 telephone numbers of places to call to see if they would accept our RV. The last number they gave us was a mobile mechanic so we decided to start with him. He had a commitment until 6 pm but said it sounded like either the fuel pump or vapor lock (which Norm had also thought of) so since we had been sitting for over an hour we decided to try and see if we could go on. The car started and felt fine so we drove on for about 20 minutes when we decided to stop in Crescent. The map said we had about 70 miles of nothing on the road until Klamath Falls so we didn't want to take the chance at night.
Cute campsite, though. Very rustic but with all the toys - full service plus cable and internet - our kind of camping!
Today we had the same experience several times. Our heat continues - up to 106 degrees today. We decided to stop at a Target store to give the car a chance to cool off, get a grip, whatever. After 1/2 hour it started and was a little rough but not bad so we continued on. It wasn't right though so we stopped at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument and wandered through the visitor's center. When we went to leave, the car was really rough and then it kept stopping as we tried to leave the parking lot. We had to give up - the car wouldn't start. So we called our trusty AAA service - cool. They asked a million questions and then said they would send a tow truck to take us to a AAA recommended shop; the tow truck would be with us in 40 minutes or less.
30 minutes later the call came that the tow truck was not available, the shop was going to be closed for the weekend and we couldn't park there because there wasn't room so another tow truck company was contacted and he could be with us in 2-4 hours (it was now 4:30 pm.) Another call said the shops were going to be closed over the weekend so it would be Monday before anyone could look at the car and did we have a full service vehicle (meaning did we have a toilet and water.) Time to think about emergency plans - rent a car to get home for work on Monday? Go with the flow and get home whenever we get there? Catch a bus to Klamath Falls which then has the train to SB?
Ten minutes later, another call, said that the new tow truck company had cancelled the call because we needed to decide where we wanted to be towed and gave us 4 telephone numbers of places to call to see if they would accept our RV. The last number they gave us was a mobile mechanic so we decided to start with him. He had a commitment until 6 pm but said it sounded like either the fuel pump or vapor lock (which Norm had also thought of) so since we had been sitting for over an hour we decided to try and see if we could go on. The car started and felt fine so we drove on for about 20 minutes when we decided to stop in Crescent. The map said we had about 70 miles of nothing on the road until Klamath Falls so we didn't want to take the chance at night.
Cute campsite, though. Very rustic but with all the toys - full service plus cable and internet - our kind of camping!
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