We finally made it out of Oregon!

Woke up in Boise this morning. 5 hours sleep, still on the first cup of coffee, and using the lobby computer. However, I am very grateful to be on the way home.
Yesterday was nuts! When we found out the Cutlass was ready and wanted to go get it, The nova wouldn't start. We pull started a 72 nova with a strap and a jeep cheroke! That seemed pretty scary at the time. I had no idea what the day had in store for us.
We got the cutlass back, hooked up the nova with the custom tow package and it was not good. It drug around corners and looked like it might roll the front tires off the wheels, wobbled and pushed(It honestly made me sick to my stomach, now I was scared) Not gonna stop us though, we put it on a friends tow dolly to see how that worked. It worked well.
Ok, at this point we decide to go to U-haul and rent a tow dolly. The first U-haul had none. Not gonna stop us! The second U-haul had none. They made a reservation for us at another place 30 miles away.
So when try to go pick it up the truck we were in wouldnt start. The starter was totally done. It was at this point that we decided the universe had been speaking pretty loudly all day about pulling this car, and maybe we should listen. We decided to drive the cutlass back alone. We had to help our friend get his truck home though, so I got to Pilot a full size chevy(lifted, big tires all that) while it being pulled by the jeep. There were some good hilly, curvey roads and Im doing the braking for both of us. Scary at first, then kinda fun.
Allright, we pack the cutlass and hit the road. I mean it just had $3,000 of work done, smooth sailing right? We got about 20 miles when we heard a great squeal from under the hood. We pulled over on I-84 just between Portland and Gresham( not a place you want to park)and the alternator belt was all wraped around the fan.(scared again, in case your wondering)We found a parts store after a garage that said"You got 10 minutes for me to do an hour job",and a jiffy lube that wanted $70. We bought a belt for$5 and put it on in parking lot. Went back in and bought an extra and the stomped all the way to Boise.
Hope to stop earlier tonight, more time to write. Out for now, B

Key phrase for the day...."dont feed the bears"