Roy's New Bike

After a year of research and saving some money, Roy finally got his motorcycle! I'm a little nervous but he took a safety class and so far is doing fine. Even with taking on a new payment, we are paying less than we were on gas for his truck! CRAZY!!!

The downside of owning a vehicle

Roy and I left Friday afternoon for a weekend away to celebrate our anniversary. I made all the plans and got everything ready. I even brought in our van to have an oil change and fluids checked. I was excited and everything was set. We dropped off the kids at my in-laws and headed out. We stayed at the Red Lion in Olympia and were planning on going shopping at Cabelas Saturday. We slept in Saturday and took our time getting ready. We weren't in any kind of hurry we just wanted to enjoy ourselves. So we headed out. A few miles out Roy looked down at the dashboard and noticed the temperature gauge was way past the red. So we quickly pulled off the freeway and found a gas station, pulled in and popped the hood. Steam rolled out and I was worried! The gas station across the way was also a mechanic shop so we drove over there to find water. Roy filled up with water only to find out it was leaking out just as fast as he was putting it in. I told him to go talk to the guys in the shop. So he did and they said it was probably a freeze plug (I have no clue what that is, but Roy does), but the only guy there that could fix it was leaving for his daughter's graduation. They told us there was another shop 5 lights up that was open on Saturdays. So Roy put in as much water as he could and we headed for that shop. Roy went in to talk to the guys there and they said it may be a couple of hours if even today that they could check it. So Roy said we'd be sitting out there waiting b/c we were from out of town and no other way to get around. So there we sat and I started crying. I was upset b/c this was suppose to be a nice weekend away and we end up sitting out in the parking lot of a mechanic shop waiting to have our van checked. I prayed and cried and prayed some more. It was only about 5 minutes and a mechanic came out and was able to look at the van. Thank you Lord!!!! So he drove it in and we went to the waiting area. A few minutes later the guy at the counter confirmed it was the freeze plug. Roy wasn't too happy. He told us how much it would cost and we cringed but nothing else we could do. There went our spending money for the weekend. So while we were waiting, we went walking. There was a shopping area near by. Roy called it an adventure. He was trying to cheer me up! I was kinda fun though, to go walking around. We got some food and coffee and went shopping around. Not how I pictured our weekend, but we still had a good time!