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Never underestimate the importance of…
I have a story to share. We’ve been on the island for about three weeks now, but it hasn’t been without excitement!
We decided to take a drive toward Anton Larson Bay in the car. The car is a 2002 Chevy Impala, so it sits a little bit low, but not like a low-rider or anything like that! The road started out paved but quickly went to gravel with numerous pot holes. It wasn’t bad and we were able to dodge the holes with pretty good ease. So up and down the mountain we went and the road was quite windy, but the scenery was very beautiful! We made it to a boat ramp where many trucks were parked with boat trailers and not a soul was in sight. As we continued down the road, a sign said, “road narrows,” and we thought nothing of it. We figured it it got bad, we’d turn around and get the Jeep. After we made it to the end of the road, we turned around and we somewhere between the boat ramp and the end when we hit a decent sized pot hole. It sounded bad, but nothing was clunking or creaking or smoking so we drove on. Only 100 yards down the road, the low oil light came on the car and Mr. Mick saw the line of oil in the rear view mirror. Oh no…oil is leaking so it must be from the large pot hole. We turned off the car and investigated the problem. There was a hole in the oil pan, big enough to fit a person’s finger. We had no way to plug the hole at the time and no oil to put in the car anyways, so we started to walk. Thankfully, a family of kayakers graciously drove us back to the RV.
Mr. Mick got some sort of JB Weld like stuff to try and patch the hole, but that was unsuccessful. So the next morning, we drove the Jeep out in hopes of just towing the car home. However, I wasn’t looking forward to towing the car on a very pot holy road that twisted and turned up and down the mountain. Thankfully, our great minds thought alike. One should never underestimate the importance of a tampon. We both thought that we could use a tampon to plug the hole temporarily and be able to drive the car home! And that’s just what happened. So men, before you start to harass the ladies in your life, you might want to rethink that and stock up on some super absorbent tampons for your car care kit. They are a lifesaver!
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