Car Adventures

It's track break for the girls so I had planned on coming up to Utah to visit my family. Originally I was going to bring the van to have my dad do a little work on the brakes, but then Matt's car started having problems so I decided to bring it up here. We took his car in last Tuesday because it started making noise and they fixed the axel and then there was still a noise so they said "the transmission might be going out" so I talked to my dad and since we could get it fixed up here I decided to make the trip since they told me the transmission wasn't that bad yet. We left really early, because I hate the drive, and I drove under the speed limit as to not cause any more transmission issues. Not driving above the speed limit is a killer. I mean it took me almost 2 hours to get to St. George. So we get to Cedar City and get gas. Things are fine, the car is a little bit more noisy, but we continue. We get about 30 min. outside of Cedar and the car starts shaking and the sterring wheel is crazy. I pull off at Exit 100, it's just a Ranch Exit, because it feels like a flat tire. It's not, so I call my dad and say I'm going to try to keep going. As I am pulling away a trucker also off at that exit tells me my tire is wobbling like crazy so I pull off and start making calls. My dad was going to drive 3 hours to get me, but then Matt's fabulous sister and brother-in-law Shelly and La Grand come from Cedar City to the rescue. We were at the exit for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours because we were making calls and figuring out what to do and then getting a trailer, but we were rescued. Now, if you will refer to the post after Christmas you will see that we were broken down on the road then too. Sadly, Shelly and LaGrand have rescued me in the middle of nowhere several years ago. Why do you ask do I keep driving by myself---I'm crazy. We got the car to Orem and the people who fixed my car earlier in the week either did something wrong or obviously didn't fix the problem which has caused more problems in the car. Thankfully I have a great family who has helped us out and my Dad is going to fix the car. Also, my kids were great at the Ranch exit. We sat on a blanket and had snacks, counted trucks went on a walk and peed in a bush. Wait, that was just me and let me tell you Mattison was so mortified. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Here's the bummer, my batteries on my camera were used up so I didn't get pictures. We don't even know if the tranmission is the problem. I swear when I win Mega Bucks I am getting a new car and one for all of you who also have car problem.