As of today we are awaiting calls back from insurance companies and lawyers, why you ask?

Oh yea, we didnt tell you, Uhaul tried to kill us.

No I am not joking, U-Haul in their infinite wisdom sold us a 14 foot truck that did not have a trailer brake controller on it, therfore when we needed the brakes on the trailer to work to stop sway there was nothing there and our 20 foot trailer, 14 foot truck, and every possession we owned went sliding at 45 mph in the median of I80 at the top of medicine bow national forest.

So now we are dealing with the insurance company for U-Haul, which is taking its sweet time and not answering calls, at this point it is about time to lawyer up, but since U-Haul so kindly REFUSES to refund our money for the rental and expenses inured as a result of the accident they caused, we are dead broke.

And finally, due to the move, our insurance rates are going up.

Never had a car accident, never had a problem with tickets or anything, but apparently now we live in a bad area and our risk is higher.

Of course we moved from Cincinnati area (full of crime) to Vancouver Washington, the hub of hippie country and into a community with a home owners association at that.

Blah, I hate lawyers at this point.

But I know there is some action missing from the adventure.

After we last left off Jp had a little stomach bug, that passed quickly thankfully. After that it was smooth sailing till we hit Wyoming. We decided to stop early for the night on Thursday so we could get some good sleep and start off bright and early the next day and drive tillw e could drive no more. BIG mistake. We woke Friday morning to some seriously dense fog. No real ybigie there until we looked out the window while we were getting ready and it was snowing. I will say we got roughly a half inch in 30 minutes. So we decided to grab some breakfast at the little diner next door and see how the snow did. It started slowing down after about  2inches had accumulated so we got on the road.

Things were going decent, as well as it can go when you are in a windy snow storm, until we got up into the Medicine Bow national park thingy…. That’s when all hell broke loose. We were taking it slowly, around 40 mph when the speed limit was 75, trough the dense fog and blowing snow when I look into my rear view mirror and see the UHaul take a sharp left and slam into the median causing the trailer to jack knife.

All in all a shitty day. I ttook about 5ish hours to get the uhaul out and  driven back along with a $500 bill. Bunch of BS.  Everyone was OK though, minus Jim, he strained his kne and ankle when he jumped out of a moving vehicle and ran 1/4 miles back to the uhaul to make sure John was OK.

SO we were stuck once again, in Laramie Wyoming.

We get onthe road again and make good time. We stop in Ogden Utah for the night then head out before noon the next day, no problems.  We get as far as Snowville Utah and decide to rotate the tires ont eh trailer since they arewearing unevenly since the wreck. All goes great till Jim decides to check the trailer brakes. Guess what, they dont work! So we call UHaul and get  a huge run around after 2 hours and such and find out that none of their trucks are equipped with electronic trailer brake controllers. That ALL of their trucks had the 4pin flat connector. WRONG ours has the 7 pin round it has all of the wiring for hte  trailer brakes along with it listed onthe fuse panel. So something is effed up here. After a bunch of drama we decide to calla round to local rental places adn found a nice 2010 Chevy Silvarado 2500 4×4 with everything we need built right in,  brake controller and all. The only downfall was, one tha twe didnt realize til we drove the 75 miles back to Snowville.. the hitch receiver was too big. SO we rushed allthe way to Trementon to get a reducer. THe NAPA guys stayed after they clsoed till we got there. Talk about cool of them.

SO we stayed another night in this lil podunk town. Got up early this morning and the guys headed to get the tools theyu couldnt find. they are back now I suppose and wrking on switching things around. We should be on the road shortly and do not plan on stopping in another hotel, period. We drive till we get home.

This trip has to end soon before I completely lose my sanity. The children are driving us all crazy, but its understood, they are bored and cramped up in a small room then in a small car.

Are we home yet?

We headed down to breakfast around 8:15. It was super good for hotel food. The downside….we think we might have a tummy bug from it. Poor JP has been vomiting all morning and we all feel like crud. That made for a great hotel escape today. he poor gu didnt want to move and we had to wait till he was empty before we lef. We still ended up getting started semi on time.

Its currently 2:50pm and we have had to stop 2 times so far, once at a rest stop so i could clean up JP and then at a truck stop for some treats and potty. JP hasnt goten sick since the begining of the car ride which is good,but he still looks horirble. He said, after his hourlong nap, he felt really really good… that soon changed as we were wandering around the truck stop lol. He is currently passed out again inthe back seat. I really hope this doesnt mess up the rest of his trip and that its less than a 24 hour bug.

At the rate we are currently going I give us 3 days before we hit Vancouver. I am not all that worried honestly, as long as we get there safe and enjoy ourselves. I still have to find all of JPs paperwork so I can get him into school soon.

More later………

Woke up around 7:30am and ran to breakfast while John and the kids still slept. Got on the road around 10am. Our next destination….Lincoln Nebraska.

Cameron Missouri…who the hell puts a stop light inthe middle of the highway?

We ended up in St Jospeh Missouri at the end of the night. Stayed int he Drury Hotel.  Not a horrible hotel, needs some serious updating.

More tomorrow…