Thanks for the hugs, guys! My husband and I waited about 5 hours in the sun in the middle of almost nowhere, in New York state, for roadside assistance to finally get us a tow to a car shop. We're sunburned and the experience was horrible! A complaint about our roadside assistance has been made. We finally found our way to a town called Hudson in New York. The car will be looked at tomorrow at a Midas shop. We are in a hotel there, instead of home. We will likely have to wait all morning for the car to be fixed. I hope it can be fixed! We're hoping it's just the radiator. Luckily, Hudson is not a bad town, but it adds hundreds of dollars to a vacation that wasn't expected.

I may be missing my uncle's funeral as a result of our car breakdown. I emailed my sister asking when it is. I don't even know right now. She did write that she ordered flowers from all of us.

Hubby and I literally have almost empty carry-ons with us at the hotel. The rest is in the car at the shop. We're sleeping in day clothes and hubby has no fresh ones for tomorrow. We were sweating a lot! Luckily, I have one remaining clean pair of undies and pants (he doesn't) and mostly clean blouse. I have my toiletries, but hubby left the toothpaste at the last hotel. Compared to years of ole' I was pretty calm and tolerant, but towards the end of the 5 hours I was far less so. Frantic behavior plus NJ spirit showed its head. I was ready for us to abandon the car and hitch hike.