Holy @$&*%!!

On Saturday we decided to take a drive up Mt. Nebo because we haven't been up there since moving to Nephi. It's only about 8 miles to the top and I figured it would be a relaxing ride. We also decided to take the truck up since we barely drive it- maybe once a week if that much. I noticed as we got up about 5 miles that the engine was starting to get hot so I decided to find a place to turn around and head back down the mountain. I found a place and pulled off to the side but then had to back up a little. When I went to put it back in drive it started rolling back no matter how much I pushed on the gas pedal. I put in park and tried it a couple of times before realizing that I was getting close to the edge of the road where there was about a 15 foot drop off. I put the truck in park and had everybody get out. I thought about putting it in 4 wheel drive but figured that it probably wouldn't work since there seemed to be something wrong with the transmission.

We all said a silent prayer. I was able to flag someone down that had a truck to pull me out. We hooked his truck up to ours with some straps that I had and he was able to get me back on the road. He thought maybe the transmission oil was low and as a result was sucking air. However when I got home everything checked out, except the coolant was a little low. I talked with a guy about it at church and he gave me some suggestions. I'll give it whirl and see what I can get out of it. In the mean time we won't be making that trip in the near future.
We bought this truck for only a 1000 bucks about 6 months ago. It also came with a camper shell and a carpet bedliner. I think we have only put 1100 miles on it since we got it. We just wanted an old beat up truck we could use to haul all of our crap around in. The previous owner just wanted to get rid of it. Because it was so cheap I am not too worried about costs to fix it. I figure even with a few repairs we still got a great deal. You can't buy too many trucks these days for that price.

While I was trying to figure out what to do the kids took a little walk to look at the leaves. If you notice, Kai is looking off to the side at me. He wanted to get in and help pretty bad. I'm glad he didn't. I had this picture in my head of us ending up on the evening news. Not a good image.

Cynthia was able to get some nice pictures on the way back down. The leaves are starting to change colors but aren't at their peak yet. Next weekend I told the kids I would take them out camping but only to the foot of Mt. Nebo. There are plenty of places to camp and it's only about 10 miles from the house. There is also a gun range where we can go and shoot.