12-19-10

Sunday morning was an early one as we woke up in the disgusting moldy trailer we had rented for the night(we did not know this before renting it), so we could store all the stuff out of the van somewhere.  After breakfast we jumped in the van to head to the BIG Auckland car fair at the race track.  As the key turned we heard the clicking that we had only heard before when the car would not start… "Ok, no big deal, pop the hood and yank on the + lead and she should find power again".  Tried the normal yank and tights a couple times which did not work, broke out the hack saw and cut the opening big so we could get the lead to attach tighter, still nothing and it is getting late.  Ok grab the emergency battery and throw her in, bingo! Lets go!  At the fair their were around 20-30 other campervans being sold by travelers in our same situation, anxious to sell before leaving the country.  We all kinda eyed each other a little checking prices and so on, we had one of the cleaner looking cars for sure.  Everything started out ok, we had a few people come by interested and then the rain set in, and it freaking RAINED, for the the next 3 hours!   There were rivers running down the parking lot, we both stood outside totally soaked, opening the slider door as potential buyers walked by to show the goods, then closing quickly again to keep the car from becoming an aquarium.  It was getting close to noon when things closed down when a swiss kid we had talked to earlier came back for another look, we talked for a while then he left again and said he would come back 20 minutes later at 3min to 12 he had not shown up and with the downpour not letting up one bit the place was cleaning out, I headed out to wade around the parking lot and try to find a restroom, no luck but I did see our swiss friend in a 83 camper van with 350,000kms on it but it looked cool all retro'd, damn!  Got back to the van and we both sat there just about ready to leave when he showed back up and just jumped in to escape the downpour and ….. he made an offer.  It was not as much as we wanted but it was $500 higher than the low price we decided we'd accept so hey not so bad.  We drove him home and decided he'd call a mechanic for the inspection he wanted on Monday and call us to let us know what time to be there.  We then headed back to the trailer park in, yes, the still pouring rain.

Back at camp we hung out in the community room reading, watching it pour.  After sitting all afternoon we were getting antsy so we did some circuits which in the humidity got us as wet as being outside in the downpour.   Also an Australian guy half watched us and half watched the news and made comments on our workouts.  I think he was determined that we were crazy doing pushups, lunges and jumping around the room, I am sure we looked strange, for all you P90X cadets Rockstar jumps were part of the routine.  That night it was out of the terrible trailer and back in the new comfortable bed in Serena but hopefully  for the last night!