We were excited to start our 12 hour road trip out to visit Ben, Eliza and Baby Grayson in Park City, Utah. We decided to get a few hours in after our day in San Francisco to take the pressure off the next day. We managed 4 hours before stopping at 11pm at a motel in Reno. It was quite a sight to see by night, it was lit up like a smaller Vegas. Already we felt the temperature noticeably creeping up.
The next day we set off early, pleased to be making good progress. By 11am the temperature reached 110°F. Thank goodness for air con. We were admiring the views of bare desert land when the car started to beep and a light on the dashboard lit up. It was the transmission over heating. The car then started to screech and slow to little more then a crawl. Taking out the phone to call the hire company we realised we were totally out of phone signal. Oh no! We continued slowly and cautiously in the hope of reaching civilisation before we completely conked out. Finally we came upon a truck stop/casino. The lady in the Casino couldn't have been kinder when we went in to get some change for the phone. Fortunately we were able to reach the car company and they told us that we just had to let the car cool for a while and it would be fine. We did as we were advised and it was fine. We kept to a steady speed and took lots of breaks.
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