We last left our brave adventures cozy and content in their bed and breakfast in Montreal.
The next morning we woke up, checked out and Nate was complimented on his fantastic French accent - even though he was just speaking English with a French accent to be more polite to our native Quebec hosts. One of the adorable things I love about him - he adapts accents unconsciously and quickly.
And then we drove......
and drove....
and got gas in the middle of Upstate New York mountains at a Bucky Beaver gas station ( kid you not)
and drove some more.
Then we decided to get an early dinner at a Wendys in PA.
I started driving the car, and the car started to decide it didn't want to accelerate anymore, and that shaking violently would be more fun.
We pulled over at the nearest exit, Frackville PA, and realized the car had no oil. So we refilled the car with oil and Nate took over driving. We got back on 81, drove about 3 miles, the car started shaking violently, and Nate managed to navigate us off the highway and onto a random exit ramp. Then with a very dramatic jolt, our car's heart broke in half, and died just as the sun was setting. We later found out that our brave 1998 Toyota Corolla, with its 165,000 miles, had been defeated by a rock, which caused a leak in our oil, which resulted in our engining seizing.
Luckily we were rescued by AAA, and a very helpful female tow truck driver who told us all about her daughter and her love of horses. She took us back to Frackville, and took our sweet Corolla to a mechanic for the autopsy. We had never been so happy to see a Holiday Inn Express, raid a vending machine, access free internet, and settle into a generic hotel room in all of our lives. While we waited for our car to be towed, we had time to mourn our loss, be thankful we were safe, and plan for the upcoming day. We thought the worst was behind us.
We were wrong.
To be continued....hopefully before 2013