It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Finally the world is starting to return to what we deem as somewhat normal, we have been 'allowed' to finally go see family in Manitoba. So it was time to blow the dust off of Fillmore and get him ready for the road.

The process was pretty smooth really, throw in a bunch of food(more than we need) throw in clothes(more than we need) throw in many little luxuries(more than we need) and we are ready to roll.

We opted to leave Wednesday night after Anna got off work, so by midnight we were on the road....in what felt like a monsoon. But after a long night of driving it was time to fuel up and pass the drivers seat to Jeff, who got his air brake endorsement this spring. I was quite happy to lay in the back and let the rumble of the cummins lull me to sleep. Until I heard the boom!

After we pulled over and I shimmied under to have a peak, it was obvious we weren't going anywhere. The  short shaft of the drive train puts lots of stress on the u joints, and after going over a bit of a bump(or a series of them over the last 9 years).....the mounting plate on the transmission side of the u-joint failed. We were lucky. Although the slip yoke came flying off and punched a hole in the engine room floor, that's all the damage that was done. With air lines, coolant lines, fuel lines etc all running in the near vicinity a small hole in the floor is a good (lucky) result. 

We pulled together as a team, Jeff looked into a rental Van while Michelle looked into a rental RV. Anna and I looked up mechanic shops and called AMA. 

Within an hour and a half the rental car company came to pick us up road side and the tow truck came to take the bus to the shop.

After doing the paperwork and then grabbing our "stuff "(or what we could fit into the rental) we were back on the road. A few hours behind schedule but we would be in Deloraine by supper time

While there was nothing to do for the bus, we enjoyed the hot days of summer on the course 

And on the water. Uncle Shawn brought boats and fishing gear, he was super patient in teaching the fundamentals to Anna so she could float and fly fish in the warm waters of Manitoba.

Hours seemed to slip away, we just relaxed and watched the sunset! Leaving the problems of tomorrow for tomorrow!