Day 3229

 I woke up at 8 and got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I loaded all of the shooting stuff into the car and went to the club.

The club had reserved a cart for us - thank God.  We loaded up the 12 ga stuff and went out on the course.  It was a little slow and crowded, but we didn't mind.  Also it was fairly early, so it wasn't overly hot.  I shot well, sort of.  I ran 2 stations, dropped three on one, and shot 7 on the other 9.  I hate shooting 7, especially when I should have hit the one I missed.

When we were finished with the 12 ga we switched guns and shot the 50 20 ga.  I shot a little worse on it, but I was tired and it was getting hot.  We left for Hurricane as soon as we were done.

The truck had just started a regen before we got to the club.  It started up again when we drove to the Ace there.  I got the two items I was looking for and also got a Dremel sander for $40 off.  Then we stopped at Arby's for lunch.

The trouble started when I tried to start the truck when we left.  Instead of starting the dash started flashing a whole list of nonsensical error messages in quick succession.  The only one I really understood was "low fuel" even though the tank was full.  The truck wouldn't start.

I had Ellen get out and we moved away from the truck until it turned itself off.  When I got back in it started right up, but the check engine light was on.  FUCK.  We headed to the St. George GMC dealer.  The truck was still regenning, and we had to drive a couple of extra miles until it quit normally.

It was 2:30 in the afternoon and the service department closed at noon.  However there was a Chevrolet dealer nearby whose service department was open until 3.  We got there at 2:45.  The service write ran the codes.  They we all "history".  He said it was likely caused by the communication channel not starting up correctly.  He said this was usually cause by low voltage.  The batteries are old, and it was over 100 degrees.  They must have just not been up to the task.  Unfortunately it was too late for them to replace them.

When I started the truck the check engine light was off.  The CTS didn't work though because it had been unplugged.  I'll deal with that tomorrow.  I'll try to make an appointment Monday to get the batteries changed in Las Vegas.

It was just under 100 when we got home.  We hid out in the trailer surfing and watching videos.

Dinner was leftovers.  After dinner it was cool enough to take Abby to the dog park so she could tear up the ammo box we'd emptied.  She had fun.

The rest of the evening was surfing.