This past weekend we loaded up the van (with Russ and Michele!) and
caravanned down to West Virginia with Kevin, Alicia, their girls, and Sam's mom,
Elginia in the other van. We spent the weekend hanging out with Sam's family at their campground in Mt.
Nebo, WV. Here are some pics from the weekend!
We took the tram down the mountain side at Hawk's Nest State Park to see the river below!
Mike holds a sleepy Matthew while waiting to get on the tram!
The
Moser Clan!
Kevin & Alicia and Russ & Michele
Rowan, Zachary & Gwynne
A shot of all the Rose-
Hulman Engineers (and a future engineer!) pondering the
wonderous huge, mechanical pulley system of the tram!
The river at the bottom!
Sam & Em
Michele & Russ
The Wyatt clan - Gwynne, Kevin, Rowan & Alicia
Hanging out with the
fam at the campground!
Sam's mom,
Elginia, posing with her
sibs! From left to right: Joyce, Janie, Claude,
Elginia, Loretta &
Ulaine.
Just the sisters: Joyce, Janie,
Elginia, Loretta &
Ulaine
Elginia's clan!
Ulaine's granddaughter, Allison, celebrated her 14
th birthday on Saturday!
Heading out of Mt.
Nebo, we stopped by one of the many waterfalls along the way!
And just because a Sam & Em vacation never seems complete without some sort of adventure: about 15 miles outside of Lexington, KY in Winchester our van's transmission started acting up. We managed to pull off into a rest area only to open the hood to have smoke pour out! Never a good sign! So we were able to make it up to the next exit to a BP, where Sam and the guys spent the next 5 hours trying to fix the van. So five hours, 3 bottles of oil, 2 bottles of transmission fluid, and 3 trips to an AutoZone later, we're finally ready to try it again. We all pile into the vans (thankfully, since we were caravanning, Kevin's van was able to stay with us!) and head out of the BP parking lot. Well...about 10 feet out onto the street and the transmission finally and completely goes kaput! So we now have to call a tow truck and OF COURSE we let our AAA membership expire a couple of months ago to save money! So we have to pay full price for a new membership and an additional $25 "Quick Start" fee on top of that! So we wait for the tow and the van is taken to a transmission place in Winchester called Cobra. Sam and I decide to stay the night in Winchester, while everybody else makes a tight squeeze into Kevin's van so they can finally get home. The next morning Sam calls Cobra, and of course they can't get to it for another two weeks. So long story short, another place in Winchester called Top Line Transmissions picks it up from Cobra and is currently (allegedly) working on fixing it. Much thanks to Elginia who came back down to pick us up the next day! The only good thing is that the transmission is still under warranty from when we had it rebuilt last year at Edward's Transmissions, so hopefully we won't have to pay anything for the repairs! We'll still have to make the 3 1/2 hour trip down there to pick it up though when it's done! Ugh! And to top it off, Sam had a doctor appointment scheduled for Monday with our greedy, money hungry family doc, and when Sam called first thing Monday morning to tell them that our car had broken down and we were stranded in KY and he would be unable to make it to his appointment, the office gal told him there would be a $25 fee for a missed appointment! Well, of course there was!
How many engineers does it take to fix a car! :-)
After 5 hours at the BP the tow truck comes to take her away!
