Morning did not come fast enough but we made it through. We eventually saw lights on at the house "up the hill" so despite the fact that it was only 7 a.m., knocked on their door. His sign on the door,said that he was a disabled veteran which meant that he too probably had a gun. Maybe only us foolish Canadians worry about being met at the door by a gun!!
We met a most interesting couple this morning. John and Shannon and their two kids Elizabeth and Michael. After giving us all the gas they had (about 4 gallons), they invited us into their home to warm up and have a coffee. We stayed for about an hour chatting and enjoying their company and hospitality.
John is a bit of a "collector" and has a variety of items in the yard. Shannon home schools the kids and they raise much of their own food. The house was very homey and comforting - from its rustic wooden flooring to the woodburning stove (God Bless that heat), and the numerous manx/siamese cross cats (I have never seen a cat without a tail before) .... it all said Welcome.
Elizabeth treated us to a bit of piano playing and Michael couldn't wait to ride on his recently acquired dirt bike. He reminded me of our Casey at that age.
It was soon time to leave (we still had a few miles to go) so, we paid for the gas and with our fingers crossed, we headed down the interstate towards the gas station - 25 miles away.
We made it to the gas station (Thank you God) and filled the tank and the gas cans (one never knows when you are going to need extra gas!!) and headed to the bus another 30 miles away. It was 9 a.m. when we got home and a welcome sight it was indeed. The sun was shining and it was warm (what a nice word!!) I made a pot of coffee and both John and I sat in the lawn chairs, in the sun soaking in the heat. It wasn't too long before our eyes got heavy and both of us crawled into bed for some much needed rest (I didn't sleep much last night!!)
A few hours later, we were up and John went to see about the damage on the jeep. When the motor mount broke last night, he used one of those ratchet straps to hold it in place and that worked well. Unfortunately, when it broke, it caused the clutch linkage (or whatever) to pull apart so that is why we didn't have a clutch for the rest of the night. He tinkered around with that and got it back together - an easy fix he said although not so easy in the dark, in the middle of the Utah desert!! Thank goodness I had bought a few of those neat little visor lights from Shirley this summer as they worked well out there in the dark.
We spent the rest of the day and the evening thanking our lucky stars that this adventure had come to a close. Nobody got hurt, the dog survived, the jeep is fixable and all is once again, well with the universe.
In hindsight ... we should have made a left at the highway instead of heading down Yellowcat Trail - but - since we are the sum of our life experiences, we will know better next time. (I must replace all the "stuff" in the jeep tomorrow - Just in case!!)
We get to sleep in our warm bed tonight!!!!!
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