Decisions... Decisions

By now we should have already been long gone.  We were supposed to have left Ontario back on October 31st.  Destination was supposed to be Oklahoma City first; to meet some new friends of ours; and then we were supposed to head to Texas.  This is the second time that we've planned a winter in Texas.  And this is the second time that that isn't going to happen.

We've been having some problems with our truck; and decided to have it looked at one more time before heading out.  Boy, was that a good decision.  It turns out that we need a new engine!  But that's not all.  We apparently have a blockage of some sort in the coolant system.  Because of this, we had too much pressure, which in turn messed up our torque converter; which in turn messed up the crankshaft; which in turn messed up the engine.  Kind of reminds me of  "the ankle is connected to the shin bone, the shin bone is connected to the..." well most of you would remember that.  I have learned more about diesel trucks and engines than I ever cared to in this past while; and know that any way we choose to go equals expensive!

If we choose to only put a re-built engine in, then we're back to square one.  So that means fixing everything; and the cost of this is astronomical.  We've been quoted up to $12,000 to do this - yikes!  Our other options are to  trade our truck in and hope that the next one is okay; or to buy brand spanking new. What to do, what to do.

So... after much consideration, we've decided to go and bury our heads in the sand for the next six months.  Literally.  We're heading to Costa Rica this Tuesday morning; and we'll figure out what to do with this truck in the spring. 

As I write this blog, the rig has been winterized; the truck has been parked; and our bags are packed.  We are house sitting in London for the weekend; and will leave on Monday night to head to Toronto.  We fly out bright and early on Tuesday morning; and will arrive in Costa Rica by early afternoon.

We can hardly wait!  We even stopped at Chapters today and bought ourselves an English to Spanish dictionary.  Might come in handy, as neither of us speaks any Spanish.  But the name of our blog is Adventures with MnM and we are about to go on one heck of an adventure!  This feels like Molly's last gift to us; the freedom to go and adventure abroad.  Wish us luck.