Thursday, June 18, 2009

We Made It!


We are in Trinidad at the nicest Best Western. I had made reservations on line and when I checked I asked the gal at the desk if she had any suites. She replied that she had given us a suite at a very discounted rate because we were going to be here 5 nights and had a military discount. This suite is more like an apartment. We have a living room, kitchen, bedroom and bath. TV in the living room and bedroom. I might not want to go home again. LOL


Until last night we had an uneventful journey. When we pulled into the motel we heard a noise but we both decided it was the semi's going by. However in the morning when got ready to leave we heard the same noise and it was coming from our car. Fortunately there was a Chevy dealer 1/2 mile down the road. Our air conditioning compressor had gone out. A new one cost $900 and they didn't have any instock. Our car has 190,000 miles on it so we really didn't want to spend any more money than necessary on it. They were going to try and put in a new bearing and then the service guy remembered that they had taken one off a car because it was leaking freon but it turned. They would put that one on for us but couldn't gaurantee how long the freon would last. That was only $140. When we get back home we are going car shopping.
This photo was actually taken in Texas a couple of years ago but looks like some of the country we went through today.

1 comment:

Kathi Carlson said...

Glad to hear you're at your destination safe and sound. I love hotel suites. It's the only way to go - especially if you get a good discount. LOL. Too bad about your car. Hope the used parts hold out until you get home. Enjoy!!