So, my holiday plans are to drive down to Bend on Wednesday, then drive over to visit the Harper side of the family on Christmas Day, spend the rest of the weekend in Bend and return to the Palouse on Sunday.
Anybody following the weather knows that it's going to be ugly as of Wednesday. Even more ugly than now. Normally, I love snow in any way, shape or form, but this is not that time.
Having been unable to sell Cheryl's Subaru as of yet, I am planning to drive that down to Oregon. Last night, I bought some just-in-case chains, put them in the trunk...
...and realized the battery was dead. I'm guessing the last person who took it out for a test drive, who was fiddling with every gadget in the car, left something on and it drained the battery.
Oh bother.
So, I haul out the jumper cables and try to give the battery a start.
Did I mention this is the original battery to the car? About six years old? Dead as a doornail?
But, I do live right next door to a Les Schwab, so I'll just walk over and have them put in a new battery, okay?
Sold out?
You'd almost think someone was trying to tell me something...
So, I'm in possession of a brand new battery from NAPA, and this afternoon will be attempting something I've never tried before; changing a battery in a car.
I'll let you all know if I manage to avoid electrocution, or get to drive to central Oregon in a Honda with fairly old tires.
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