Hostess 6-pack doughnuts x2= $2.00
Motel 6 3400 Prospect Ave Ne
I-40 At Carlisle Blvd, Exit #160
Albuquerque, NM, 87107
= $34.19
total cost= $606.19
remaining= $463.04
distance= 532mi
distance left= 1070mi
Day Two
We woke up at 6 in the morning got dressed, opened a box of cereal, and ate cereal with no milk for breakfast. We checked around the hotel for any belonging’s that we might have misplaced, and left out at 6:30. I walked into the lobby, handed the woman at the front desk the key, and headed out the door to get into the car. When I got outside I walked up to Brian, and asked,
“Who’s drivin’ first?”
“Well, I might as well drive,” Brian said blankly.
Brian got into the car, started up the engine, and drove away from the hotel not looking back. As the sun arose its illuminating beauty blinded me. I plugged in my headphones, and watched the sun. All of a sudden Brian yelled, “Crap!” I snapped out of my trance, and realized the hood of the car was smoking. I immediately remembered that on the previous day he heard a rattling sound coming from the hood. However, the man that helped us insisted that everything was fine. I asked,
“What’s happening? I thought that everything was fine.”
Brian sounded confused, “I have no idea what’s going on.”
Then Brian yelled, “Look there’s a gas station across the street.” As I looked I noticed their was a gas station across the street from our hotel. Suddenly the car stopped moving, and the smoke coming from the hood increased even more. We got out, and decided to push the car across the street. As we crossed we were honked at, yelled out, and one person even tried to threw a bottle at my legs. After pushing, which seemed like a millennium we finally made it to the gas station. A older man came out and helped push the car into the car repair shop, once done we opened the hood, and realized that the water pump broke. I said to the man,
“well, looks like our water pump, happen to have any extra water pumps?”
The man scratched his head, “Well let my check in the back.” When the man left the garage looking area, we looked around the garage i saw that their were two other cars. One car was off the ground, while the other car was in pieces. 5 minutes later the man came back with a water pump in his hand. The man told us that he would only charge us 500 dollars for the water pump. I asked,
“Is there any chance that you can possibly lower the price of the water pump?”
The mechanic responded,
“I’m sorry sir, this here is the last pump we have, i’ll have to charge you 500 dollars.”
I responded slowly, “Okay, i guess we’ll take.”
Brian went with the mechanic to purchase the water pump. When the two returned, i went outside to get some air, while the mechanic installed the water pump. I sat on the ground and listened to music on my phone. 30 minutes later the mechanic walked out, and then i heard a engine start up. Brian drove out of the shop, i hooped in the car, thanked the mechanic, then drove away. Since we were already at the gas station we decided to fill up,and get donuts. After 3 minutes we left the gas station and headed for the nearest freeway, so that we could get back on course. We headed towards highway I-40, and from there it was smooth sailing.
After 2 hours of driving, i suggested that Brian pull over so that i could take over the wheel. Brian gladly drove off to the side, we switched places, and continued driving. Around 4:30 we started seeing signs that we were getting closer to Albuquerque. As we continued to drive we began getting closer to the city. I asked Brian to tell me the address to the Hotel since were within 30 minutes of the hotel. Within 10 minutes i got completely turned around, and finally admitted that i was lost. During the same time the sun was beginning to set, and blinded me as i kept driving. I decided to pull over, and see if Brian wanted to take over. When i looked over Brian looked at me confused, and slightly annoyed. He told my to get out so that he could drive; we switched and in less than 15 minutes were driving into the parking lot of the hotel. As i looked over i realized that Brian was using the GPS tracker on my phone; i decided not say anything. We grabbed our bags, and headed towards the the door’s of the hotel 6. I opened the door, and Brian headed over to the front desk to check in. Brian came back with the key in his hand, and a tired look on his face. He handed me the key, and saw that our room was on the second floor, room 6. We headed upstairs, and reached our room with ease; unlike we did the night before. I opened the door, and threw my belonging’s on the bed.
I asked,
“So what do you feel like doing tomorrow?”
Brian replied, “ We’ll since we have gone two days without eating out i guess we can treat ourselves.”
“That is if we don’t have any car troubles,” i added.
“Good point,” Brian said remembering the troubles we had today.
I climbed into the bed, and closed my eyes so i could go to sleep faster; while Brian ate cup of noodles for dinner.
What details! Nice job. But why is everything highlighted? Let's check in about format in class. Awesome narrative. Some very creative story-telling. Keep it up!
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