Grand Junction





I'm not mad here, maybe just nodding off! We were tired!

Let's see, we left the house about 3:20am and when we stopped in Glenwood Springs, just over 2 hours away, for gas, our transmission started slipping. I believe it was 6am. We made it to the local Chevy dealer and John ran in to ask their opinion. They informed us that they couldn't even see us until 11am and that since it was only 1st gear gone, we should trek to Grand Junction and check with one of the dealerships there. So, we all prayed hard as we drove to Grand Junction. We pulled up to the dealership at 7:10am. We thought that because the dealership had 6 rebuilt transmissions in stock, we were set! However, we didn't anticipate the 4 hours we'd spend dealing with out warranty. Oh well, in the end, we paid more than our deductible for a rebuilt vs. a used and a 100,000 mile warranty vs. a 9month warranty. We were on our way about 4pm. Whew! The kids were all FANTASTIC! The shuttle took us to a nearby mall where we ate lunch and killed some time. Even played with some other kids at the inside play area! Before we left, the kids squeezed into a photo booth for a picture! At the dealership everyone said how impressed they were with our family, they said they'd never seen such well behaved children! WOW! To top it off, near the end of our stay, Ed Bozarth, the owner of some Chevy dealerships around Colorado came in and told the manager to fix our car and get us on our way or get us a Suburban that we could drive to CA! What a nice guy! And no, he wasn't saying it just to get us out of his dealership, the kids really were being great! :-)








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