On our way back from Provo, the speedometer dropped to zero while we were on the freeway-
that's not good.
We pulled off to main street in Lehi, both looking at each other like, "Are we going to make it home?" We started losing juice big time- Jay had the pedal to the medal and we were going 5 mph!!! We had to pull off and take a look at the ol' engine.
Jay called up his brother, a mechanic, and he gave us a could-be diagnosis that the alternator was bad. (What in the heck is an alternator?...) The battery was completely drained- apparently the alternator is what helps keep the battery powered to power the whole car.
My dad came on down and gave our battery a jump so we could make it to Checker's. It was like taking our car to the doctor's. The worker had a cool stethoscope computer thingy-ma-jig and he attached it to the car somewhere and it told us that the alternator was in fact the problem.
Bought a new alternator.
To get back to my parent's place was a story in and of itself but I will just give you the main gist of it: We had to stop every two miles to charge the battery up to give it enough power to make it two more miles. Oh ya, and can I throw in the word "construction". You probably are imagining now a scenario very similar to the one we were in.
Made it to parent's place.
Started to rain.
Jay went to put the new alternator in the car in the rain.
Didn't have the right tools.
Went to neighbor's house.
Neighbor had tools.
Sun went down, it's dark now and wet.
Then neighbors Chance and Matt- coolest neighbors ever-
came and helped Jay in the rain and in the dark fix the car.
What great neighbors!!!
Made it back to go to work on Monday.
Learned a lot. Grateful.
Phew.
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