Busted with a bad battery out in the boonies

portscanner wrote:
Well, it took us 4 hours after leaving the main road (if that is what you want to call it) to get to the lake. A beautiful place! Gonna have some great fishing in the morning! Looking forward to a few days of peace and quiet - as my phone quit working several hours ago because we got out of range!

Got up in the morning and had a wonderful day fishing. Fried up a mess of them for dinner. Then I went to get something out of the cab of the truck, but the fob thingy wont open the doors. Oh well. Stupid thing doesnt work half the time anyway. Whip out the keys and do it the old fashioned way. Hmmmmm....seems kinda dark in here....wait! WHERE ARE THE INTERIOR LIGHTS!??!?!? (insert ominous music here) THE TRUCK BATTERY IS DEAD!

Why oh why did I not just go ahead and replace the batteries?!?! I knew they were past their prime!!

I go and tell her majesty what happened. Needless to say that did not go over well. I get told how she has to get back in time for her job and she was planning on having lunch with her mother and if we dont get back....blah blah blah blah...

I get my bag and drop a couple of bottles of water into it along with my compass and a map. All I have to do is follow the trail out that we drove in on to the road and walk until I get a cell signal.

I leave the truck to escape from her majesty's eyes that are about to burn a hole straight through me. It is a nice evening for a hike anyway. Plenty of moon light and a nice breeze. Beautiful country out here!

An hour later, not to far from me, I hear wolves howling.......

I like the above story, I learned early to paid attention to longevity of my truck batteries. With a diesel you have two to keep than eye on, my truck is a 2007 F250/6.0 PSD and have learn that almost like clock work to replace them every 2.5 years because they die shortly after that time frame. Last time they died 2 days before that 2.5 years in my driveway.