Forced Respite: a Timeline

2:43 We’re in Canada!

3:38 Call Geico to cash in on towing insurance

5:04 Abandon hope of car being fixed in an afternoon. Bill and girls abandon waiting for the tow truck and head for a park on foot. 

6:14 Tow truck arrives and takes Gretchen and car to a garage. 

6:36 Bill’s phone dies. 

6:49 Hotel a mile from each Collins party reserved. 

6:53 Bill borrows a phone off a jogger and we set up a rendezvous at the hotel. 

7:58 Leave Appleby’s in a fierce rainstorm (but not yet hail) with dinner in hand. 

8:47 Late night swim in the awesome indoor pool with water slides and wading pool. 

9:32 AM After breakfast swim in the awesome indoor pool with water slides and wading pool. 

10:46 Start calling every auto parts store in Windsor to find a fuel pump before Wednesday. 

11:47 Bill and girls begin 4-mile trek to movie theater to waste the afternoon. 

11:50 First Uber ride to salvage yard for only fuel pump in town. 

1:23 Second Uber ride to garage to deliver fuel pump. 

4:51 Pick up Bill and the girls at the mall and head to Niagara Falls! Woot woot!