Distance: 272 miles
Jason called this morning to say all they had to do was fit on a new cylinder and timing belt. He could not figure out what was wrong with the four-wheel drive, but suspected that during the engage/disengage process there was something seriously wrong with the engine. He figured that as long as we stayed in two-wheel drive for the rest of our journey we should be fine. They even straightened our trailer’s stand for free (it had been bent by a pothole when Hans dad forgot to lift it out of the way before driving).
Total tow and repair bill: Just under $800. We’ll get most of that back from our insurance (and that, kids, is why it pays to have full coverage). Jason sent someone to pick us up from the motel and by the time we’d stopped for lunch on our way out of town it was noon.
We drove until a few hours after dark and stopped in Watson Lake at the illustrious Belvedere Motor Hotel. Watson Lake is a famous road stop on the Alaska Highway that features a “signpost forest”. We weren’t going to be in Watson Lake during daylight hours so we passed the tourist attraction.
The weather reports on TV sat that the west coast is being slammed by hurricane-force gales and blizzards. There is a possibility of being caught in some of the weather as we make our way south but we’re going to have to make a push for it.
Jason called this morning to say all they had to do was fit on a new cylinder and timing belt. He could not figure out what was wrong with the four-wheel drive, but suspected that during the engage/disengage process there was something seriously wrong with the engine. He figured that as long as we stayed in two-wheel drive for the rest of our journey we should be fine. They even straightened our trailer’s stand for free (it had been bent by a pothole when Hans dad forgot to lift it out of the way before driving).
Total tow and repair bill: Just under $800. We’ll get most of that back from our insurance (and that, kids, is why it pays to have full coverage). Jason sent someone to pick us up from the motel and by the time we’d stopped for lunch on our way out of town it was noon.
We drove until a few hours after dark and stopped in Watson Lake at the illustrious Belvedere Motor Hotel. Watson Lake is a famous road stop on the Alaska Highway that features a “signpost forest”. We weren’t going to be in Watson Lake during daylight hours so we passed the tourist attraction.
The weather reports on TV sat that the west coast is being slammed by hurricane-force gales and blizzards. There is a possibility of being caught in some of the weather as we make our way south but we’re going to have to make a push for it.
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