Unhappy campers in Taber

Taber Municipal Pk
Site #44 - $25, p only, poor cell in window

We are not racking up the miles on this trip. Yesterday, we drove 100 km south of Newell to the Taber Municipal Park.  Actually we are quite happy we made it that far. The truck started acting up part way.  We suspected and worried that it was the transmission.

 

We pulled in to Taber, inquired about transmission shops and this morning we left the truck with Minute Muffler. Not a lot of choices in this town, but this mechanic was recommended.

 

In the meantime, this isn't such a bad park to hang at. We've been here before. The campsites are decent and the wood is free. (Although Ron's successful collection from Newell Lake has our firebox pretty full. The unfortunate thing is that there is no cell service and no internet down here along the Old Man River. I do not like being out of touch anymore.

                The wood man doing his thing with a found pallet

 

 Old Man . . . the River that is ;)

And now we just received the bad news. An $850. bill to remove, diagnose and replace our badly damaged transmission with the $3500. new transmission. In other words, about $4500. to get us back on the road again. Not exactly what we had wanted to hear. There are no car rental places in Taber, so we are stuck in our campsite. At least until Saturday. That is assuming the transmission will arrive from Lethbridge on Friday. Damn. It rather takes the enjoyment out of this camp trip. I'm not sure what that will mean going forward now.

Not much else to say. The weather is great, so there's that. The aphids remain horrid. I have never seen such swarms. The air is thick with them until late evening when the sun goes down. Gah....

Those uninvited guests

I did find a weak in/out cell signal when I prop the phone in one of our windows. If you are reading this today, Tuesday, it means a successful connection.