The Last Fling of the Summer

So last Monday I officially started back to school. We had an ALL DAY meeting. The original plan was this week would be the week to "get my head in the game" so to speak for the coming school year. Well instead the kids, Doug and I looked at our upcoming crammed schedule and decided one last romp with our trailer was a must. So Tuesday bright and early we headed for Hells Canyon. We found an awesome campsite with HOOK UPS! We got all set up and then thought we would head down to the store to get a few things and look around. That is when the problems began. Our pathfinder would not start. Now even at home with the Volvo in the shop this would be a big deal but being out in the woods it was not good. So we called Doug's mom and she decided to come up the next day. So we played with it and Doug got it going enough that we thought we were in the clear. Then we decide to go down and play in the river and not stress. The next day with Margaret we went huckleberry picking (luckily with two vehicles) because of course it REALLY DIED so we were stuck. Needless to say we got tons of huckleberries but Margaret and I had to go down to Halfway and find the parts store. After several phone calls and luck, the parts dealer told us he could get the part mailed in the next day. So with an expensive starter and a handy mechanic for a hubby that doesn't mind working in the wild we got our vehicle running. Not the trip we had planned but it actually was nice. The kids played in the water a ton and all did a little fishing and Doug got a very nice and yummy trout. We even got to see the Hells Creek Information Center that Doug's dad Allan designed. So now it is back to reality. Ready or not.