Traveling The World with my humans

This morning my master had another look at the car as they found out that one light of the Van did not work. He repaired it. After that he went to Walmart to wash his hands and he saw one of the security people talking to two kids. To my master it seemed like these kids did something wrong but instead of calling the police to report them he talked to them, explained them why they should not do this and asked them that from now, every time they come in this Walmart they should come to him, greet him and tell him how they are. He couldn't help hearing all this as they stood right next to him and he couldn't step away. My master was impressed by this as to him this seems to be the right way to deal with these kids. And he told that the security man. His name is Chris. They talked for a short time and my master told him about my blog. After they had breakfast my mistress started the car. It didn't sound right, something was wrong but they couldn't figure out what so the

This morning my humans were busy with their phones. Something about meeting some balloon artists in Denver, My humans took a shower and luckily they didn't want me to take one. We left Grand Junction and we had to cross the Rocky Mountains. I remember we’ve been in the Rocky Mountains exactly one year ago with Brooke but the Rocky Mountains in Canada are way more beautiful than here in the USA. Is there more than one Rocky Mountains? The van had to climb the hill a lot today. It didn't like it and we had to stop a couple of times. Today the highest point was 3537 m / 11604 ft. And the lowest point was 1310 m / 4298 ft. As we had to make so many stops to let the van cool down my humans were late for their appointment with the balloon artists. When we arrived in Denver Laura the balloon artist with the shop they wanted to meet at had to leave due to an emergency. They said they would meet later. I think I told you that my humans and Ken made a software for balloon artists w

This morning we woke up from all these trucks that were leaving. My humans didn't sleep well as they were worried about the repair of the van. I don’t care - when I'm tired I sleep nothing in this world can be as important as sleeping, food and being near my mistress. First thing in the morning my master went to these people that ran the truck stop and asked for a good and trustworthy garage. It turned out that there was one just up the street. It was too early to call or go there so my humans had breakfast first. One good thing about traveling with my humans is that I get some of their food which I normally don't get. They had muffins for breakfast and my mistress couldn't finish her lemon muffin so I got what she couldn't eat. Mmmmh that was very yummie! After breakfast my master walked to that garage and he came back in a car with someone. That someone was Jim from Red Hills Truck and Auto Repair. Hep had a look at the car and it turned out that a screw tha

My humans weren't too ich in a hurry this morning to leave. It was nice not too have hot temperatures but a chilly wind. We drove the I-15 North for another 50 miles and turned on the I-70 East. When we turned on the I-70 it was only one lane due to road work. When we went downhill finally after a couple of miles something hit the car from underneath . There was a broken tire next to the road and probably a tiny little piece was on the street. It made a big bang and it sounded like something was underneath the van. My mistress pulled over and stopped on the shoulder. When they looked around the car they could see that they lost break fluid. After they opened the hood they could see that one of the belts was broken and got caught inanother belt that was twisted. No wa we could go on. My mistress is smart and she made sure that she has internet access with her phone and could make calls. Well, if only there was reception. I could feel that my mistress and my master too were

Around noon my humans got a call from Pete's Autoclinic that they made a test drive and uphill was not an issue any more. My humans told me that it turned that the problem was a combination of several things. Now they changed a couple of parts and it works. They even made my humans a great price for this. My humans are sure there not many car repair garages that would have done this, working a couple of days on the van and even come in on the weekend. My humans and I can't thank them enough. Listen everybody in PAHRUMP, NV - if you have an issue with your car or just need a maintenance or oil change, go to Pete's Autoclinic- the very best garage in the county. After picking up the van my humans got ready to leave for Canada. At first my humans were a little sceptical but the van ran up the hill as if there hasn’t been a problem ever before. We drove towards Las Vegas and on I15 North. We drove through Arizona and into Utah. In Cedar City my humans looked for a W

My humans slept in and so did I. They knew the part from Las Vegas would not be delivered before 8 am and it would take a while to put it in and make a test drive. After 1pm my mistress called to find out that they got stuck while they made the test drive and that they did not put the fuel pump in to save my humans money. Now they had to wait till the truck was towed back. They sent the fuel pump back as they were positive they would not need it. Well, all this wasn't too bad for me as I could relax in the sun and play outside and tease the neighbor’s dogs. I love teasing them. When I go out in the backyard I go close to the fence to their property. And they come running and barking and fighting with each other. Meanwhile I pee and mark my territory in their direction. I just ignore them and walk to the other side of the property. They try to follow me but they can’t as there is a fence where their property ends. Oops, sorry, where was I!? Ah yes, the fuel pump needed to b

My humans got up early to bring the van to the garage. They made a test drive and said that they would put in a new fuel pump. After asking my humans a couple more questions they had another idea what it might be and they started ordering parts. All these parts needed to be brought in from Las Vegas. This takes a while. My humans and I went to Walmart to get some stuff We waited all day long at that garage for that car to get finished. Later we went to Sonic to get something to eat. Thursday afternoon all these people that drive Oldtimers meet at Sonic and they were all there when we arrived. One man from the next table came over to us to pet me and talk to my humans. When we returned to the garage they told us that they were still waiting for one part as the one they ordered before did not work. Alex, that nice guy, drove us to our friend’s house where we spent the night. As the van was in the garage my humans and I slept in „our“ room again.