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Back on the road again
Written June 16, 2012 The landscape changed a bit from Seligman to Williams. There are more trees, pine trees to be exact. This means that the campground has more shade. It is much bigger than the last one. We could walk about a mile if we went around the whole perimeter. This KOA has a …
We’re outta here!
Written on June 15th. (Catching up a little.) Yesterday, after we drove back to Kingman, 75 miles one way, to get the right hose for the radiator, we decided to call a mobile mechanic. He was busy of course, so we waited another day. He arrived at our RV at about 9:00 pm, and took about 30 minutes to …
Slowing down this train….
I took a video of a train this morning. I will post it on my facebook page if you are interested. This train is going v-e-r-y slowly, much more slowly than most of the other trains that rush by all day long here. The video goes on for four minutes and is very boring, but it definitely represents …
One more obstacle, one more test, one more opportunity to hope for the best.
“We’re getting close!” This phrase has become somewhat of a joke between me and Sam these last few days. Every day there seems to be another challenge. Yesterday we found out that the “professionals” ordered the wrong radiator hose. So we started over again. The right hose came in this morning on an overnight flight from somewhere …
Finally, The Real Route 66
June 13, 2012 We’ve been driving alongside the old Route 66 since we left California, but it looks pretty narrow and bumpy so we haven’t tried to drive on it yet. Lo and behold, here we are, camping out right beside the famous “Mother Road.” So, as I followed the tow truck into Seligman last night I noticed …
Part Three: Cooling system collapse
Another fine desert scene for me to burn into my brain. It’s OK though. I’m getting used to it. The heat feels good to my bones and joints and I don’t have to use my hair dryer in the morning any more…oh yeah, getting off the subject…. When we saw the copious amounts of anti …
Roller coaster in the desert
So, here’s the trajectory: Last Friday the RV started overheating, a lot. It had actually been indicating that it was overheating but we didn’t believe it since we had recently replaced the radiator and the over flow tank. We thought there was something wrong with the sensor, so we just babied it for a while. …
One thing after another….
With every journey comes challenges. It seems our cooling system needs a complete over haul. Still haven’t made it to the Grand Canyon. But we are close….
Taking advantage of down time
We spent three hours at the repair shop on Saturday, found three possible reasons for the engine to overheat, had them fixed, paid the shop $500. and left feeling like we might actually make it to the Grand Canyon after all. We started driving east over the mountains and as soon as we hit the …
on the road to simplicity 