No Clams Today

This morning we hooked the boat up to our Suburban, loaded 7 people and 2 dogs into the car and headed out to Homer. Our plan was to take the boat across the bay and dig for steamer clams, then fish for rock fish on the way home. At the top of the large hill heading into Homer we got a flat tire on the trailer. Immediately following our brakes went out. John put it in low gear and got us down the hill. When we coasted to a stop our car stalled out and wouldn't start again! Triple whammy! The tires were brand new and the car had been running perfectly until today. And it was raining. John never gets mad at stuff like this. He just put on his rain gear and crawled under the car with his crescent wrench. It was about 50 F out. John was in heavy raingear, mud all over him, sandals on and one leg of his gear ripped up to the knee. Of course he was wearing shorts under it all.

We ended up having to get towed back home. We still have no car. How sad!