Although I can’t complain much about our beachfront location, the reason for our being here is a little unhappy.  We pulled out of our overnight accomodation (a truck stop) this morning and the brake light came on, indicating we had a brake problem.  We immediately pulled over and Karl saw that we were low on brake fluid, so he added the little bit that he had and we turned into town to find a brake shop.  Fortunately we were near a fairly large town and found a Midas shop easily.  The one hour inspection took nearly two and we were told we had a ruptured brake line  (steel) and would need a new one fabricated (the local GM dealership doesn’t even carry it).  So we kicked our BCAA coverage into gear to get our trailer towed to a campsite and rent a minivan so we can still get around.   It turned into one of those, pay now and hope they reimburse you later situations.  Whether they will or not is dicey since they are willing to tow your trailer if they also have to tow your motor vehicle, but since we drove it to the mechanic ourselves . . .who knows for sure.  I did point out to them that we saved them a tow bill, but nevertheless, we are a little on pins & needles about it.  The rental car & camping fee should be covered since we have trip interruption coverage, but those little loopholes drive me nuts.  And are the main reason which I prefer to avoid insurance unless necessary.  In this case, since we regularly lock our keys in the car, leave the dome lights on or run out of gas, BCAA is necessary for us. 

But while researching our BCAA coverage (thanks for the help, Hester), I realized that our travel medical insurance for this trip ran out at the end of November.  Oops.  In order to get it extended after it expired, we have to get special approval and then endure a 48 hour waiting period, by which time we’ll be home, so until we get home we are without medical coverage!  EEK!  So please pray for us that nothing terrible happens and we arrive home without any incidents which would require medical treatment.

Oh and, later this afternoon, the mechanic called and said that the other brake line is about to go so he has to replace both.  Better now than discover it while driving!  God has been very good in making sure we discover problems before they become endangering, so we need to be thankful for that.  The bill for the brake lines is much smaller than we anticipated we might spend if we dropped an engine or transmission on this trip, so thats something to be thankful for as well. 

At this point, now, though, we are eager to get home.  We have nothing much planned for the next 3 days except to drive, so we just kind of want to get it over with.  So hopefully we’ll be on our way tomorrow.