Ken and I went on a journey in our island truck to purchase a big "rock" for my birthday present-- a large piece of blue stone for the fireplace hearth. We had quite an adventure... driving over 100 miles to find a piece. The truck started acting sluggish when starting up, so we were afraid to turn off the motor. We had a birthday lunch/dinner at Burger King, where I got my birthday crown. We ate in the truck with the engine running.
Then we drove to another location about 50 miles away (at least it was on the route home) and picked up two additional pieces of blue stone to go around the fireplace opening.
We did a couple additional chores and then headed back to the ferry, stopping to fue
l up about 10 miles from the ferry. That was when the truck gave up the ghost and wouldn't start. We were stranded at the fuel pump and the gas station had no jumper cables. We called AAA who said they would be there in an hour-- which would cause us to miss the last ferry to Lopez. Luckily one of the next customers had cables and we were able to start the truck, but we still missed the last ferry of the evening. We ended up staying in a lovely little motel, the Anaco Inn, in Anacortes that night, and arrived home the next morning, the proud owners of two new batteries and a truck that starts easily.
