We were all set to leave, all the kids and dogs and stuff packed and stored and ready for travel. \u00a0We were filled up with gas and we made one last stop to fill up propane. At the gas station, Mark hooked the two new 6 volt golf cart batteries up. \u00a0Ryan jumped into the camper to get his headphones, his new, awesome headphones. \u00a0We had just unpacked the last groceries and thrown out a bunch of garbage and it turns out the headphones were in a case directly above the garbage! \u00a0Panic ensues! \u00a0What if it fell into the garbage? \u00a0Or worse, what if it fell out of the camper and was lying in the parking lot? \u00a0We jump back in and — the van does not start. \u00a0The batteries are completely dead. \u00a0Mark fetches the battery charger and the cables — but the cables are not there! \u00a0Ryan calls a cab to take him to the parking lot and they say they will be there in 5 minutes. \u00a0A woman pulls up and offers to jump the van, but that always takes 10 minutes. \u00a0The cab arrives, Ryan departs. \u00a0The van gets started and we drive to find Ryan. \u00a0He has not found his head phones.<\/p>\n

After a small family conference, we decide that it’s smarter to spend the night in Fairbanks and run home to get the jumper cables than buy a new set since it’s late anyway. \u00a0Shana and Mikayla show up!! \u00a0Jack, Jen & Ryan head to Barnes & Noble.<\/p>\n

Mark starts the small generator but it doesn’t start. \u00a0Its a Honda ue2000i, still under warranty and has worked fine so it seems like we are destined to spend one more night here. \u00a0We tend to go with the flow anyway, saves a lot of stress. \u00a0Mark works on the generator and gets it to start but the lights are surging and flickering and it is all wrong.<\/p>\n

Only one new event happened and that was the hooking up of the batteries. \u00a0Mark checks the cables and finds that they are hooked up wrong and fixes it. \u00a0Everything works fine! \u00a0That is what drained the batteries and made the generator act strange. \u00a0The kids come home from Barnes & Noble and Ryan finds his headphones – right by his bunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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