~We Missed Our Bit Of Heaven~

Hi everyone. We are back, actually we've been back for a couple days...let me tell you about our trip. Grab something to drink and listen to my story. Remember, we were going to our little bit of heaven...beautiful Loon Lake. We were all packed up and left home bright and early on a lovely sunny day. We just breezed up Hwy 50 and stopped at the Safeway in Pollock Pines to pick up a few perishables and then continued on for about 20 miles to Ice House Road where you leave the main highway and climb right up the side of the mountain. It is a beautiful drive, curvy and just two lanes but well paved and we have travelled it at least sixty times since the mid seventies. Well, anyway, up we go and we hadn't gone more than 15 miles when our engine started to overheat and we had to pull over...let me tell you, we were just hanging on the edge of the mountain and I'm freaking out...but trying to stay calm at the same time. We sat there for about a half an hour and then limped along to a small turnout. By this time the engine is hot, hot, hot. Up goes the hood and now we know we need help.....several cars, a sheriff, two forest service trucks and a UPS truck just drove right on by.....I should say a couple people did wave. Where we were there is no cell service and Carl is getting ready to walk down the mountain to find cell service and call for a tow, when along came the nicest couple, Mike and Jan...I call them our angels. They drove Carl down about a mile and he called for the tow.....they'll be here in about 30 minutes...wait, wait, wait, after an hour had to go back and call again....we'll be there in 40 minutes actually they got to us about three hours later....I was so thankful the tow truck finally got there and for Mike and Jan who stayed with us the whole time, a total of 5 1/2hours. We were towed to Pollock Pines. Lily and I rode with the angels and Carl with the tow truck. We were........................

towed to AtoZ Automotive repairs, where we had major repairs done the next day. We spent 24hrs...........
parked in front of the wonderful Whispering Pines mobile home park and quality time was spent on the lovely blue sofa with the "free" sign. Lily was such a good girl, but..........
she was even wondering when we would be going home.........
Here we are just relaxing and watching the world go by.........
Carl's just kicking back too. We were talking and in all the years we have been RVing this is our first mishap......so I call that pretty lucky. Out of a bad situation we met two of the nicest people and have new friends. So I think that is pretty special....don't you. Hugs and warm regards to all....Linda