We can tell that we are not travelling at the moment. There were no pictures on the camera this week.
On Friday, we talked to Mom, Dad, George, Ann and Daniel. They were together at noon to celebrate Mom and Dad's anniversary and Easter and called us on Ann's cell. We celebrated with Trev and family who came out for a nice dinner later in the afternoon.
On Monday, we had a big load of laundry, so Joan put it in the truck and drove to the laundry other end of the RV park. When she was done, the truck wouldn't start. One of the nice men in the park brought his car around to give us a boost. We borrowed a long extension cord from him to put the battery charger on the truck. It was good to see that the amps were dropping as the afternoon progressed.
On Tuesday morning, we were able to start the truck, so we drove out to Elizabeth's in Canmore as planned. We had a nice chat, then loaded our golf equipment that we had left in her crawl space. Then we took her for lunch at Drakes, one of our favourite spots in Canmore. They still make a great burger. On our way out of town we picked up some of Valbella's breakfast sausages.
Thursday, we had early teeth cleaning and truck maintenance appointments in Calgary, so we put the charger on for the night, just in case. After John's teeth appointment, about 2:00, we headed to the Old Bratwurst truck, to get a couple of bratwurst with sauerkraut in French bread. They close around 2:00 but we got there before they closed up. We used have these meals once in a while when we worked downtown. While we ordering, John noticed Rob (who John worked with for many years at RIS) coming by on his bike. We had heard he was back in Calgary last fall before we left. Small world! We exchanged contact info and plan to get together when we come back from Edmonton.
Since we were getting a lot of work done on the truck, and they only said they 'would make every effort' to get it done today, we went to Budget downtown to see what it would cost to rent a car to go back to Cochrane for the night. About $35 is much less than a hotel for the night, so that would work. We checked back with the dealer to see if they could promise that the truck would be done today. Half an hour was the estimate, so we decided that we didn't need a rental, and thanked the folks at Budget for their help.
In addition to having the dealer check out the battery issue (fortunately not the alternator, but both batteries), we got most of the liquids in the truck replaced, including the transmission. At $2150, it's not cheap maintaining a diesel. We didn't have to get any maintenance done on the truck while we were in the States, so we weren't too unhappy
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