the same trees shown covered in snow on Saturday's post
I need to re-charge my dead battery and can not for the life of me open the hood latch on the van. Yes - I did try everything I could imagine with the latch but no luck. The van book says to "unlatch it". Big help. After a hour of pushing, lifting, pulling and another Skinny Cow, I broke down and tried our auto repair guy. No help. I had already tried countless times all his suggestions. I then tried the Chevy dealer repair shop. Yes, I know what the latch is and had already countlessly tried all his suggestions. I then went online to see if I could buy a new latch thinking that I could see what exactly the hook looked like and what it was latched on. Yes, I could buy one but no pictures. Nor did they tell me how I could replace it if I could not open mine in the first place. Another Skinny Cow. Then I remembered that we have a solar battery charger in the motor home. Not much help since the van is in the east facing garage but worth a try.Breaks between frustrating attempts to get the latch unhooked included running the dogs to the mailbox (oh yea - it is a holiday and there is no mail); another round of dog baths; working in the greenhouse; rewashing the load of whites; bringing in wood; splitting kindling and doing agility with the still stinky dogs. I am going on only 4 hours of sleep and a diet of ice cream (which I am now out of). Not one of my better days.
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