Our mechanic has been in touch with his parts supplier and it appears we can have a new radiator delivered in ten days. That includes customs and delivery to the mechanics shop in Caldera. $300 plus delivery and three gallons of Mopar radiator fluid. $450 plus labor. We can handle that.
I am far from certain the radiator will arrive in ten days but we have permission to be in Chile until July 15th, deep into winter. I hope it doesn’t take that long as we’ll be deep into rainy season before we get to Brazil from here but I hope we’ll be fixed in a month.
Julia and Konstantin were the best of friends and took care of us and got us settled with a ride to drop off our laundry in town and complete a massive shop at the Unimarc supermarket.
It was a sad moment but they had done right by us and had a container to catch in Port San Antonio. Partings suck.
We hope Jerry and his girlfriend Teeara who is Desert Garage’s office manager, keep it all on track. Fingers crossed and thanks for the good wishes. We too were very glad to see the leak right where we were, close to town and near a full service campground.
Bahia Club has hot showers, clean toilets, electrical outlets and a beach just outside the gates. For $18 a night. And Konstantin and Julia got us towed right into our spot. We are snug.
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Good friends are hard to find and good to keep. Wishing you and them the best!
Glad everything is under control for the moment. Hopefully when you get to the heading-for-Alaska part, you can stop and visit K&J.
Taking it all in stride. I am a little bit envious of your retired life. I am not that far behind you though.
I've been following your adventure(s) from afar since your scooter days, and rarely miss a day. Thanks for allowing me to share in them. Right now, I am happy that you didn't make it into Bolivia.
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