A day on the Job

So most people who read this probably already know about how Andreas is ready for the snow to melt and for June to come for that is when we get to move on. So today, it snowed, again... So Andreas had to go out with the camp snow plow truck. Which is an old ford 4x4 with a plow blade attached to the front. The back end is all smashed in but it still runs so it was donated to the camp. Anyhow, he asked if I could come along mostly to keep him company because it is a boring job, but I didn't do a whole lot of talking. The ride is a rough ride because basically you have this silly standard truck that stalls all the time and your driving full force for a snow bank, and it keeps going with the same routine. Today we had finished most of the main roads with just one more to do and we were headed that way when the first thing happened. There is one common everyday thing that is wrong with this truck, besides the fact that it's old and stalls... it's the fact that the window wipers don't move. So when you hit soft, wet snow it tends to get up on the windshield and the wipers are not able to do anything, so Andreas has to stop the truck every few minutes to clear the window. He keeps a window squeegee with him in the cab so that is better than nothing I guess.
So as we were going to the last road we turned the corner and all of a sudden the truck decides that it needs to go for the ditch. Andreas quickly tries to bring the old thing back on to the road and that's when we realized it, we just lost power steering. Thankfully enough we didn't hit the ditch the truck was able to stay on the road with much effort on Andreas' half. And we managed to get the truck to drive to the next road where we cleaned it all off and proceeded to get stuck twice. The ditches are like a magnet to that truck! Then we decided that it was time to retire the old truck back at the camp shop. Surprisingly enough we actually made it there because Andreas gets out and lifts up the hood and says, "well I'm no mechanic but that's probably not good." The engine was steaming, a belt had snapped off and the power steering fluid was leaking all over. But if we look on the bright side all the roads were plowed... and as long as it doesn't snow we should be good! :)

They tell me I'm in a heat wave... I never noticed.