Sun. Nov. 23, 2014 - Andy the Angel saves the day

Bad news from road service  this morning - they could not find a mechanic to come out not knowing what was the problem and having no access to parts.  We called the local tow truck service on our own and they sent out a capable young man who jumped us and gave some good advice, so we decided to drive out and stop 50 miles south a Florence at Les Schwab where we could get a new battery tomorrow morning.  We drove out of the campground to flat land by the day use parking lot

nearby to hook up the Jeep and shut the engine off again - I KNOW, WHAT WERE WE THINKING!!??!! You guessed it - now the engine will not start again, and we could not jump it.  While we were deciding what to do, looking at the engine with the hood up, Andy the jack of all trades ANGEL came by and insisted on looking at the engine.  Two hours later, he had cleanup up the posts and repaid a broken battery clip and we were on the way.

Off to Sacramento area and the holidays.  We had no further engine issues and made it to I-5 just south of Roseburg where we slept overnight at a nice rest area/travel center.