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9.06: day 7 "last day... again"
Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
7:00 AM came quickly as we rushed to pack up and head towards the only mechanic that was open on Sunday of Labor Day weekend. We eat a fast breakfast and hop in the car and it starts... reluctantly. The car was still running at this point, it however, was having a difficult time staying 'on' and really couldn't go over 30 mph... and don't forget we are still pulling our trailer. eh. After taking 3 wrong turns, we make it to a hill. Probably the largest hill in Wisconsin. I am driving so we approach the hill and I look at Michael and say 'well should we attempt this?'
He replies... 'sure'.
We make it about 1/5 of the way up the hill and the car just dies. Frustrated we roll the car and the trailer back down the hill and into a parking lot. And we are at a loss.
Then a woman came out of nowhere and knocks on our window asks... "Do you two need a tow?"
It just so happens that Mrs. Hebert was standing nearby and watching all of the dramatic hill rushing we were doing and after we pulled over she called her husband who has a HUGE truck with a trailer hitch to come help us out! Yea, I know. Dumb luck strikes again!! So they take the trailer, Mike and Miles to the mechanic. I call a tow truck and tow the car.
!!!Thank you to the Hebert Family in Eau Clair, Wisconsin!!!!
2 hours later we are sitting at a Starbucks next to the mechanic's shop (recounting all of our luck we have had and hoping it would continue) we then get a phone call. Seems like the plastic cover over the spark plugs was cracked and needed to be replaced... ha, no big deal. The car was fixed before we finished our coffee. The tow and fixing the car (for both days) did add up but it could have been a lot worse. We were on the road before noon.

The rest of the drive was full of nervous energy. I just knew something else was going to happen, we really just wanted to get to the apartment, unpack and turn in the trailer. I only took 2 pictures this day.

See... we made it :)

And finally the place. Again, since we were so exhausted I didn't take any pictures so all I can provide is an overview. The big pink arrow is pointing to our coach house. A couch house is an apartment above a 2 car garage- at one point long ago this space was used to house coaches and horse-drawn carriages. The main house (across) the yard is where our landlords 'Niko and Cindy' reside. They also rent out the top floor and the basement floor of the main house. So we basically moved into a ready made community. Everyone, was happy to meet us and fully welcomed our arrival!
It's good to be home.