Broke down

Daughter and I are in Wyoming, on our way to Yellowstone National Park. On our way out of town from Rock Springs, we got about 60 miles and started having car problems.
So, it turned out to be the alternator. Yes, I am making this short.
Luckily, I had packed an extra car battery. Call that paranoia if you like. Fact remains nobody stopped to offer assistance, there are no emergency phones and we saw no state police. Because the battery was different from the native car battery what I had to do was place the extra battery under the hood. I then connected that battery with jumper cables, tied the hood down and drive under the speed limit back to Rock Springs. It was unlikely any place further out would have an auto parts store with a decent inventory, if there were an auto parts store at all.
Got back to town, had the battery tested. It was good. Then checked the charging system. It was definitely the alternator.
Got a new alternator from Auto Zone. It was hot, after 2PM and we would not make it to the park by sunset. We got back to the hotel we used the night before and waited for the weather to cool slightly.
I took the old alternator out. Not easy. Had to be approached from the bottom. Which required jacking up the car, removing one tire and the wheel well cover.
Then I tried to install the new one. It did not fit. The electrical connectors are different. Called Auto Zone. They did not have the correct one in stock. Neither does any other place in town. So the right one is on order and will arrive tomorrow.
One good thing is, even if some call me paranoid, if I did not have that extra battery we would have been stuck 60 miles out in the high desert for who knows how long? Things like that are why I had the nickname of "McGyver" in the Army. Not many people would even think of using the arrangement I did with the jumper cables. I did try just the battery with cables but that failed.
Daughter has been awesome. Most kids or even adults would be whiny or bitchy under the circumstances but not her. She has remained calm, helpful and cheerful. Not one negative word. I have the most amazing kid on the planet!
Not much to do here. WY has a population for the entire state of a little over 500k people. Rock Springs itself is high desert. So, just hanging out in the hotel room, surfing the net and waiting for car parts.
Auto Zone was nice. They will deliver the new alternator to the hotel when it comes in. I can't get there because the car is in pieces. I could put it together enough to get there but that would mean assembling, driving there, getting the part, taking the car apart again and then reassembling. Then likely having to get the battery charged.