So not 10 minutes after I blogged yesterday, we finished loading up the car and when I went to start it, nothing, just clicking. Seems some idiot (me) had left the dome light on after he got done setting up the GPS the night before. I pulled our other car alongside and tried to jump start, but nothing, still just clicking. I was convinced it was the starter and so I proceeded to do what all mature, grown men do it that situation. I threw a tantrum :D. I called my good friends at Ameritech Tire and Auto and they said if I could get the battery up there they would test it and see if it was the battery or something else. I grabbed some tools and before I got started Ameritech called back and said the owner, Newman, was headed down with a HotShot to try to give the battery a boost. Well he got there, the hotshot worked and after a quick stop at AutoZone for a new battery, we were on our way.
By the way, if you're looking for quality work from good people, take your car to Ameritech. I really can't say enough about them.
I really have to thank Randy for letting us use his GPS. It kept us off the major interstates for the most part, we got to see some beautiful scenery driving through PA and NY and we avoided most of the tolls we would have paid if we had used the directions I printed from the internet. 
Our room, is well awesome, we have had top notch service since we pulled in. Valet parking, the bell hop turned us on to some local restaurants and the internet techs were here within 5 minutes when I called about not being able to connect. The view is not the ideal one of the Falls but just being able to see them from our room is awesome. The pic below was taken from our room window.
I haven't been to Canada since the mid-90's and things are way more pricey then they were on my last visit. An example would be the two 1 litre bottles of Aquafina water sitting on the desk here that have a tag which says "Make Your Body Happy $9.95 + tax." I'm sure there's some fine print that says "And piss your wallet off." I just haven't found it yet.
That's it for now, I'll post more pics in another post.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
O, Canada
Posted by D at 8:22 AM
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A $ 10 bottle of water better make you VERY happy!
We have done our part to make Newman's business profitable. I keep waiting for the long time customer with a bunch of cars discount, but it hasn't shown up yet. Tuesday the van goes in for a gazillion dollars worth of work :(
That sounds so awesome. I hope y'all have a blast!
Gotta love those GPS systems. Travis has a TomTom and we have gotten all over Texas with that thing - for such a large state - it is mostly back roads. And since it is called a Tom Tom why is there a female voice?
That's funny about the wallet. Good one Dwayne.
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