Thanking God from somewhere in the Bras d'Or area

UPDATE from a Halifax Public Library: Thank God we made it safely to Halifax last night.

This is one unscheduled stop along Hwy 105 in Cape Breton heading from Louisbourg to Halifax. which is turning out to be a real blessing.

We're flying along towards Halifax, when the car starts growling underneath, and we pull off at the nearest exit--St James Rd (point B on Google Map, below)--to take a look. Sounds a little loud ... so I get back on the highway and call TD Auto Club service, thinking it would be easier to locate us on a main highway. Unfortunately, I get this surly fellow in an office in London, Ontario, who keeps asking me which garage I wanted my car towed to. Finally, he gives me a list of garages and a phone number of one of them--tells me to call them and then call him back for the towing service. This was so unlike our previous call for emergency service, from PEI.


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So we back back into the St James exit and stop at a random house there. And what a blessing we've received--we were able to use the phone, get a recommended mechanic in the area, have our van towed there, let the kids play in their huge yard, and get this blog updated! What kindness--we're here now waiting for pizza delivery and then to pick up our van. Apparently, there was a problem with the gasket related to the O2 sensor or something--there was some part dangling out under the van.

There's still a chance we'll make it to Halifax by nightfall, God willing.