Maybe I shouldn’t have, but I decided to calculate just how much this little delay in our trip has cost us. Yeah, that’s about right.<\/p>\n
No, there’s no cards or roulette wheels involved here – just van repairs, extra hotel stays, a tow truck, and so on.<\/p>\n
If you’ve ever watched White Christmas (it’s July – what better time to mention White Christmas?), you’ll remember Bing Crosby’s character getting a financial quote on the phone. "Wow." says Crosby, upon hearing the quote.<\/p>\n
Kaye wants to know,"How much is WOW?"<\/p>\n
"It’s right between ouch<\/i> and boioioing<\/i>."<\/p>\n
"Wow." answers Kaye.<\/p>\n
Yeah, so financially I’m right between ouch<\/i> and boioioing<\/i> right now.<\/p>\n
Well, I’m afraid these things do happen. This one certainly happened. But the van is repaired, and seems to be running fine (I took it for a good run this evening), and it looks like we’ll be on the road first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n
So – here we go for our second try driving across Nevada!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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