We had a nice Sunday planned . . .we were going to get some errands done and then meet up with some friends for the afternoon at a place that looks out on a lake.
When we were running our errands we took Nika along and while Matt went into the hardware store I stayed with Nika listening to music in the car. Matt came out 5 minutes later and tried to start the car . . nothing happened. He tried again . . . nothing happened.
Luckily we were parked on a hill. Matt pushed to get the car rolling and we figured when it picked up speed I would start it and it would be fine . . .it worked before.
After pushing nothing, just a clicking noise. We tried again, Matt pushed and I tried to start it . . just clicking. We turned the corner into a neighborhood to try again . .push, . . click, click, click. We pushed it to a gas station, of course they could jump us and we could go on with our day. I forgot to mention it is 2pm the hottest part of the day.
When we got to the gas station, they said they didn’t have cables, ask some of the cabs that drive by. Matt stood at the busy intersection asking cab after cab, even a utility truck. No one had cables. Nor did a lot of them want to roll down there windows to talk to Matt. He asked one guy, does anyone in Nicaragua have cables . . the guy answered, ask an electrician . . thanks a lot
In the end a family helped us. It took 30 minutes for a big pick up truck to get the engine started. We ended up having to buy a new battery, but there aren’t any Sears around these parts, nor is any body shop open on Sunday. We have friends that have a membership to Price Smart (a Walmart owned Cosco-like store) where we bought a battery and wanted to buy jumper cables . . . but they didn’t have any!
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Nika just hangin with Matt - checking out what he's up to...love it. Can't wait to meet her.
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