We were driving from Phoenix to San Diego yesterday. Just outside of El Centro (which is probably named because it’s in the middle of nowhere), the battery light came in. We backtracked into the town and found an auto zone. They think it’s the alternator.
Luckily there’s a Honda dealership just a half mile away, so I call and they can get me in at 7:00 am today. So we found a hotel (also several right near the autozone and dealership).
Soon after that the battery died altogether. Autozone was able to charge it enough to get to the hotel and then to the dealership this morning. Now it’s at least at a place that can deal with it, but I’m sitting in an ihop not sure how long it’s going to take.
At least it was just my wife and I, not the kids too
If the light had turned on a half hour later, we would have been screwed.
Backtracking during a road trip can be hard to get one’s head around at first but I’ve done it several times in the last few years and have been thankful I’m cooling my heels in a town and not in the middle of nowhere.
That being said, I found ihop a once in a lifetime experience.
Waiting on a food order. Person is walking out with my order, and some dude that ordered way later walks up to her and handles my food. Thankfully they didn’t try to bring it to me anyway.
I just spent about 30 minutes writing out a pretty comprehensive comment on Reddit describing period life expectancy and what it is (and more importantly, what it is not), and why? No one on Reddit cares or will read it, nor will they learn anything.