About the latest Van Repair

So our travels in Saskatchewan have had their ups and downs.  I’ve talked about some of the ups already.

The downs?  Well, we did have an electrical issue with the van.  Took it in, got it fixed ($150) – and less than 24 hours later it was broken again.

So we haven’t gone back, because that was the last day of our stop there, and we had already left.  I’m not sure if we’ll have time to take it back and complain… we may just have to go somewhere else and pay for it… again… *gulp*

On our way to another stop, a clunking that I had heard in the back of the van suddenly got worse – a lot worse.  I couldn’t see the problem right away, but it was obvious something was seriously wrong.

So we decided to drive very carefully to our next stop, hoping for the best, so that we could get the van fixed there (or near to there).

Actually, we cancelled a drive out to a camp to visit some friends, because it didn’t feel like the van could make it on any back roads (or drive any farther than was necessary!).

We made it.

It turned out to be a suspension issue.  Had we gone up to the camp, we quite possibly would have some serious damage to the van.  So we’re thankful that we made the right choice there!

Thanks to some help from our friend Daryl, we got the part at a wrecking yard yesterday and were able to get the van fixed this morning.  Only a little over two hundred dollars – less than I expected, but a whole lot more than I hoped to spend this whole trip on repairs!

On the bright side, all of the problems we’ve had during the trip have been "minor" issues.  Things that tend to wear down eventually.  Still, we’re edging up toward $2000 of extra expenses, due to a van that we were planning to sell soon.

But we’ve been safe, and we’re on the road again.  God will get us where He wants us, no matter what shape our van is in (or we’re in!). 🙂