Tuesday, July 04, 2006

The Adventures of Bonnie in the Juddmoblie.

The adventure began at 7:20am on Canada Day, We loaded my stuff 3 Judds and one Colpitts into their van and set off for Kingston. We ate, listened to great music, had a picnic at a roadside park, took the scenic route through Montreal, and then it happened. The dreaded thump thump thump. We limped into Kingston and found our hotel and checked in. We thought at first it was the brakes.... oh to be that lucky.

We found out that Canadian Tire was open on Sundays and it had a mechanic on duty. So at 9:30am on Sunday we found our self sitting in their parking lot waiting for it to open. When it was opened at 10:00am we were 3rd in line. 2 others were leftover from sat. So we waited for them to tell us 2.5 hours later that they think it is the transmission. They advised them because it was under warranty to wait for the dealership to do it. The catch being that the dealership would not open until Tuesday at 8:00am. Also that it was not highway worthy!!! So the mad scramble begins. What to do??? We need to decide if we are staying another night or not. We still had to drop Alyson off at Queens for Shad Valley.

We decide to check out of the hotel and then get a rental car and continue on the adventure. So we clear out the room and wait for Susan and Peter to get the rental car.

here we are waiting with our stuff




So we continue on and drop Alyson off at Queen's What a dorm room. It was nice. I could handle living there for a year it was by far the nicest dorm room I have ever seen, and I have seen my fair share of dorm rooms!!!


After we leave Queens we go back to the van to get our stuff and then hit the road for Whitby and all points west. We arrive at the meeting place for my sister to pick me up and wait for them to arrive. It was nice to be at the end of the journey and the Judds get to meet the girls.

Then we went our separate ways. I wonder what happened with the poor van???? Another travelling adventure I will never forget!!!