Day 2

Neither Jarrod nor I got a good rest that night. We woke up a little before seven. Jarrod immediately turned the Marshmallow around to find someone to fix the radiator, and now hose, in Bakersfield. The kids slept a little longer while we drove back. Simeon woke up long enough to tell me he was sleeping before going back to sleep.

This was a grueling day. We had to stop every two or three miles to let the engine cool. One of the places we stopped at was next to an orchard. Simeon looked out the window and saw a mand in the orchard. H esaid, "Look, it's a cowman. He lives on a farm".
At this point in our day Jarrod sent out an appeal to any family members that could Google places that could fix the radiator. Rebecca and Jessica heeded the call galantly by giving him a list of possibilities. Many places were closed or too far away. The first we went to would fix it on Monday. We were not ok with that answer so we moved on. We let the car cool while we enjoyed some Jack in the Box and wonderful a/c. When we were eating Simeon looked out the window and had seen that someone had parked next to the Marshmallow. He said, "Oh, they're taking our 'are-vee'". Jarrod replied, "Don't worry, they won't get very far." After that rest we went to an auto parts store and found out that new radiator would only cost $150. They also, told us about a radiator place three miles away. To us this sounded like a hundred miles away. We decided to that we had nothing left to lose so we putted on. That place was closed. Jarrod called the number he was given and you could hear the phone ringing from outside. We had started to give up hope. We stared looking for a hotel to stay for the night. We wanted something that had a/c and the internet, but all the ones we saw were advertising color tv, or free tv. None of them said anything about inernet. We were about to text out for help in finding a decent hotel when I spotted an automotive place that looked like it was open. Jarrod quickly turned into the parking lot and the guy said he could fix it. We prayed blessings on that man and his business. He replaced the radiator and the hose. Jarrod also asked for an oil change while they were at it, since we never got a chance to do one before we left. And then we were back on the road again. Every time Jarrod shifted gears or went a little slower I thought there was another problem with the engine or something.

We were thankful to be crossing the Mojave desert at night since it was a scorching day. We stopped in Seligaway (or something like that) for the night. We found a spot to park next to a small hotel that had free wifi. It was a peaceful, quiet, evening.