Decided to make a bonsai trip to Mammoth for the weekend with my brother/nephew and my younger son to meet our parents who rented a condo for a week. I left OC around 1pm Friday and picked my bro up in Corona before 2pm but hit traffic before the Devore split. We still managed to get to Mammoth Crk with about 1/2hr of light left so the boys can catch some fish before the sun went down. After the boys woke up Saturday morning we drove around to a few other streams to fish then decided to go back to the condo for some lunch then think about making a drive to Sonora Pass to fish the rivers. As we were pulling onto the street to the condo I heard a funny sound and realized it was coming from my truck. I figured it was the serpentine belt as it was getting close to that time and I had a new one behind the back seat. Turns out it was the serpentine belt tensioner wheel bearings were shot and belt slipped off. Figured I would find one easily and fix it so I could drive home Sunday, I had an important dr. appt to be at with my wife Monday so I needed to be home. Of course the replacements I could find were for trucks with dual alternators and mines a single.
We ended up leaving my truck there and drove my parents truck home so I could make the appt. and will be driving back up Wednesday to fix my truck. At least now I have a reason to go back up and spend a few more days. May even stay till Saturday to try and help a buddy locate deer for his archery hunt being that I won't be able to make it to my archery deer hunt in Utah for the opener.
We ended up leaving my truck there and drove my parents truck home so I could make the appt. and will be driving back up Wednesday to fix my truck. At least now I have a reason to go back up and spend a few more days. May even stay till Saturday to try and help a buddy locate deer for his archery hunt being that I won't be able to make it to my archery deer hunt in Utah for the opener.
