Road Trip - Day 1-4

Hi all,
So we are FINALLY in Vancouver after a bit of a rocky start.

We made it to Kelowna fine and spent our 2 days there with a friend, which was great. Kelowna is beautiful and will be where we will eventually go back to after the trip. We also took the opportunity to get the car serviced. We ended up needing a few things done in the end (such as a new fuel filter, belt and some fluids topped up) so we were happy we had got that done.

The drive to Kelwona

So we left for Vancouver yesterday morning but after about 30 minutes on the road, the car just STOPPED!  We had no idea what to do or who to call.We eventually got towed to went to a mechanic who told us that we probably needed a new fuel pump. So after about 4 hours waiting around and $600 later we were back on the road.

 

We again got about 10 minutes out of town (literally within 100m of where we broke down the first time) when it happened AGAIN!!!

At this point we were angry and upset and called the mechanic back. He said to get back to the shop and that he would pay for the to this time.. so we got back eventually and he tells us he will need to look at the electrics in the car and the computer as he thought maybe that was what shut down and that he would need it over night... so by now we have missed a whole day in Vancouver and now the night too... and no where to stay in Kelowna.

We called some friends from work who were also passing through and they said they could come get us and we slept on the floor at their friends house (at least we didn't have to pay for more accommodation). The best part of this crappy situation was hanging out with some good friends overnight and going out for cheap wings ($8 for 20 wings - bargain!).

We got dropped off at the mechanic at about lunch time and finally we were back on the road, for the most nerve wrecking drive ever, thinking that the car might stop at any moment, He replaced the computer in the car (another $550) and all seems good.

So we are happy to say that we didn't break down and FINALLY made it to Vancouver. We are a bit upset that we lost most of our time here, but we went out and checked out down town, had some sushi and a walk. Tomorrow we will check out a couple of other sights before moving on to Seattle where we have accommodation booked for another 2 nights.

 
 Entering Vancouver

English Bay

In hindsight we probably should have held back on pre booking all of our accommodation as it makes for a very tight schedule, but at the same time we wanted to have the main cities (such as San Fran and Vegas) booked early as we were afraid they would book out, being summer and all.

If you havn't already, please check out our fuel our roadtrip project at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fuel-our-roadtrip 
We would be super appreciative for any small donation especially after the last 3 days :) Thank you Aunty Chris for raising our first $20.

Anyway, that's our updates for now..  more again soon, tomorrow we cross the US border. xx