and the car saga continues

Friday and Saturday, Oct 20 and 21

Friday morning Bill got up and drove over to Stormy's shop to wait for the delivery of the part.  It was suppose to arrive between 9:00 and 11:00.  Of course it came closer to 11:00.  So he drove back to the base and dropped the car and part off at the service place.  They said it should be a couple of hours.  We waited all day and Bill finally went over there a little after 5:00 (they are open until 6:00).  Turns out they didn't have a different part like they thought they did.  Great!  It is after 5:00 on a Friday.  We got hold of Stormy and she was able to order it with minutes to spare.  It won't be in until Wednesday so now we are without a car.  Stormy was also able to get us a rental that will be picked up tomorrow.  Ashley and Phil will pick Bill up at the main gate in the morning and take him to the rental place.  What a pain!

Saturday Bill got ready to walk to the front gate.  The kids picked him up and delivered him at the rental place on schedule.  He got a Hyundia Santa Fe SUV at a really discounted rate (thank you Stormy).  Then he had to return to the base and get a visitor's pass for the week, then pick me up.  Busy morning.  I didn't go with them to get the car as the kids had Nelson and his car seat in the car. 

We drove down to the Speedway to see the car show that was going on.  Bryant had entered his Mustang in the show.  It is the first time he has shown it.  Everyone keeps commenting on the paint job, which he did himself.  He could make a lot of money on the side painting show cars but there is no interest there.  His regular work is enough.  We visited for a bit and then went back to the rig.  That was our day.  Hopefully we will get the car taken care of this week.  I have to keep reminding myself that I like my car, I like my car.  I just wish the parts weren't so hard to get.