We are planning on hiking Mt. Fuji this Saturday with the Boy Scouts and some Webelos. Tonight at dinner we were talking about what we needed to carry. Greer suggested that we carry more water than Drew and I were saying. (We knew that it was possible to buy water on the mountain, although at inflated prices, if we should happen to want more.) Drew asked Greer if she knew how much a gallon of water weighs. Her response? "Well, it depends what planet you're on." Indeed it does.
Drew and I burst out laughing, and I felt the need to share her response (online). She was not very pleased with me; she was a little embarrassed since "Mom, but I don't know what it weighs on ANY of them." Well, Greer, we didn't really think you did. It seemed a good stall tactic worthy of your father.
Speaking of her father, he then replied, "For the purposes of this discussion, let's assume the planet has Earth-like gravity." He then proceeded to help her figure out how much a gallon of water weighs (on Earth). Typical dinnertime discussion in our household.
We were planning on staying Friday night at a camp belonging to SAJ (Scout Association of Japan) that is near one of the trails, and the Scouts were going to start the hike at 6:00 am on Saturday. We realized we should go check on our car. Drew drove it once to pick up Lucy when he arrived back in Japan in July and he thinks one other time; otherwise, it hadn't been driven since we left for the States at the beginning of the summer. We were concerned we might need to jump it, or worse, replace the battery.
Oh, if it were only that. Instead, as we approached the car, we could see something was amiss inside. We opened the car and saw that there was mold/mildew on all the fabric. It seemed to be a little heavier in the middle of the back seat, making us think Lucy had been damp when Drew picked her up, and then the closed car allowed the mildew/mold to grow. On the positive side, the car started right up. Thank goodness for small favors.
We bought our car from Mick Lay for a reason: he helps us deal with stuff. We went back inside and called Mick. After we explained the situation to him, he told us he was going to have some of his guys pick our car up the next day. If they couldn't get it back to us the following day (Friday), he would arrange a loaner car for us. And that is why we bought our car from Mick.
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