[03 Sep 2004 | Friday]
SO... last week t and i went to a wedding up in monterrey county. it was actually on a FORT, you know the kind that keep indians away. well we barely made it for the vows, but we sure made it for the party. the schedule called for 2 days of partying, but for us it turned into the better part of the week. on the second day all the peers of the bride and groom decided to go to the beach, so we packed up all our gear and headed out of the fort, through the forest to get to the ocean. all was well, we were having a great time joking, talking, listening to music, enjoying the air conditioning...when *POP* *BANG* *FSSSSHHHHHH* the engine stalled out. so i pulled over as best i could to see what the problem was (you know with my superior expertise). what it looked like to me was that the car just unleashed its bowels onto the road. gallons of dirty, brown, slighty viscous fluid was evacuating my car at a very quick rate. we're stuck... *30 minutes pass* WHOO HOOO we're saved by the last people to leave the fort! so they promptly pick us up and take us to the ranger station where we make plans for someone to pick us up...in the middle of the forest. Trevor and I were taken back to the car and given some supplies to survive the wait ahead of us. *1 hour passes* nothing, well i shouldn't say nothing, we were both inventing ways to keep the flys off our faces, some of those little fuckers actually bite also! *2 hours pass* i moved into different shade, t stayed where he was. *3 hours* off in the distance we hear it. the deep grumbling and sputtering of a deisel engine, we're saved!!! So extremely releived and stinky of duck butter we crawl up into the cab and get taken back to "town" (i use that term very loosely), drop off the car and get taken to a hotel. and since EVERYTHING in town is closed on sundays we have to wait till monday to attempt anything...i'm really glad i payed off a little extra on my credit card. *day 3 of the misAdventure* early in the morning i made some coffee for myself and headed out to the repair shop to see what could be done. after a couple hours talking to them and finally deciding our course of action they tell me that the soonest they could be ready is wednesday. "no problem," i thought. the rest of the day t and i spent it exploring the wonders that is Downtown King City. to the right, a nice cafe and carneceria. to the left a nice carneceria and cafe...wtf? the town was rittled with them...dont take that the wrong way, the town had GREAT mexican food. *day 4, tuesday* see day 3. oh we went to the library! t and i both agree books are our friends and the library is awesome! i mean i read the lasest daniel quinn book, After Dachau, for free! it's like a movie in every book! in my movie Samuel L. Jackson played the main character, and gwen stefani was the female interest. She did an amazing job! Also, on this day we were scheduled to be saved again, but our saviors were on a adventure of their own. oh yeah my sandal broke today, nothing quite a liberating and being shoeless and barefoot. *day 5, wednesday* "SURPRISE!!!" said the man behind the counter. "You're car wont be ready till tomorrow and i tacked on another 200 to the bill!" (well he didn't actually say that, be he might as well have). personally i think that i was being scammed, apparently he's a higher member of the chamber of commerce and agriculture in the sleepy little town. This jerk was making me spend ANOTHER day in kings city!? well since i dont have wheels i guess i'll stay here and spend more money. So we found a new place to stay across the freeway...they had a pool!! at last! we can wash some clothes, and get out of the heat!! plus they have hbo and cartoon network. *day 6* FINALLY after waiting for 4 hours at the shop we are on our way, with a couple stops to make along the way we finally make it back to our own sleepy little village of camarillo, there's many more details and many other sidequests but those are all stories for other times, as i am tired of typing. -wa
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