An Adventure In Banff

You might recall that we had car trouble in North Dakota last month, and that not two weeks later Nelson's brother, Eric, also had car trouble just outside of Glacier National Park. Undissauded by these stories, Nelson's Mom and Stepfather, Katie and Milt, pointed their truck North on a trip to Banff in Canada ( http://www.banff.com/). They left Sunday. Yesterday their Toyota Truck broke down somewhere outside of Banff. After waiting four hours for a towtruck, their truck was towed to Banff. There they were told that the throttle cable had broken, and that it was extremely rare for this part to break, so rare in fact that there wasn't a replacement throttle cable available in North America. They can get the part in 1-2 weeks. Katie and Milt have rented a car for the time being. But the rental car is due back tomorrow, since the upcoming weekend is Labor Day Weekend. Everyone is having their last vacation before school starts the following week. This also means the area hotels are booked. And Katie and Milt were planning on camping, so they don't have any reservations at hotels. After tomorrow, they don't have a car, or accomodations. That's as much as we know for now.