Hey Linda! Where are you?

Famous words from by dear friend Julia.  Would you believe I'm on the corner of Locke & Key? No, how about Bascom Avenue and Hwy 85 off ramp?

We packed up and locked up our little house on the river after a wonderful holiday season with friends and family and jumped into the trusty SIMMBURBAN.  We made elaborate plans for our last day that involved a lot of logistics.   Our first stop was to pick up Gregg & friends from SFO, home from a trip to Thailand, and drop his friends off in San Leandro and head to San Jose.  Next stop was to pick up Grandma, one last little visit and lunch.  Next stop one more goodbye to younger son Dillon.  With the Simmburban fully loaded we decided to take one other little detour and stop by and look at a Condo that is for sale.  Gregg might have been interested.  So we headed on to Hwy 85 for a quick detour.  Sputter, Sputter, cough, cough next exit.  Full Stop.
Lot's of things go through your mind when your elaborate plan comes to a screeching halt.  Good thing we still have CSAA towing intact was my first thought.  You cannot just push the Simmburban off the road.  I called and they said it would be 20 minutes and they could only take 3 passengers.

Another plan starts to form.

Good thing we have cell phones.  Doug called another dear friend Cheryl and asked for a lift from the corner of Bascom & Hwy 85 for us and all our stuff.   This is where the video should have been taken.

We had all our luggage, Tucker, Tucker's dog box, Gregg and his baggage and Grandma sporting a cane to run across three lanes of traffic on the off ramp!  Another trick for the Simms Family Circus!

Cheryl and AAA arrived at about the same time so we loaded into Cheryl's van and AAA loaded the Simmburban onto the tow truck for a trip to the auto repair shop.  Paul, Cheryl's husband drove us up to Julia's & Dave's, Los Altos for a last minute change in itinerary and plan.   We made it to dinner with the Calhoun's in Palo Alto, yummy Lasagna Dave! The next morning Julia drove us up to SFO in a terrible storm that was just the beginning of the storms that have hit the Bay Area this week.  Thanks for the ride EVERYBODY!  The truck? It was a fuel pump, a special fuel pump just 1 boat unit.