Monday, January 24, 2011 -- Well the truck went into a Chevy Dealership today. But it will be Thursday before they will have the parts and get it back to us.
We have had to stay an extra day at Yuma, AZ. We are suppose to be at Winterhaven, CA today. Called friends at Winterhaven to tell them we wouldn't be there until Thursday. They pull a 5-wheel trailer from Canada. He said he will pick up our trailer tomorrow morning and get us to Winterhave, CA where we have reservations. We were with them at two different campgrounds last year. Really nice people.
Actually Yuma, AZ and Winterhaven, CA are on the opposite sides of the Colorado River. He said he had been to the office at their campground to find out if we were going to be there. We had shared itineraries this past summer, so they knew that we should be there.
Oh well, these things happen. You just hate to have it happen on a trip.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011 -- We made the trip from Goodyear, AZ to Yuma, AZ. An horrible trip. We were to take 1-1/2 to 2 hrs to drive and it took us 3-1/2 hrs.
The first picture is the welcome sign to Buckeye, AZ. Little did I know when I took this picture that there would be a story behind the picture. Buckeye, AZ, something like Columbus, OH. a Michigan vehicle passes thought isn't good. Little bit down the road we heard a noise. Pulled off the road and Bob checked the tires (which we didn't think it was a tire) and then raised the hood. Found a hose off the blower for the deasel engine. With this off you don't have power. Also found a bolt in one of the tires, he could hear a air leak -- so changed the tire and put the hose back together.
We drove quite awhile and it happened again. Got out and fixed the hose again. At this point we were trying to make it up an incline, of course it takes more power. It was just a little bit more and off it came. We were at the top of the hill on a bridge. So from there (last picture) we had mostly downhill and flat area. So going no more than 50miles a hr and me praying we would get to the campgound.
We did get to the campground yesterday.
The first picture is the welcome sign to Buckeye, AZ. Little did I know when I took this picture that there would be a story behind the picture. Buckeye, AZ, something like Columbus, OH. a Michigan vehicle passes thought isn't good. Little bit down the road we heard a noise. Pulled off the road and Bob checked the tires (which we didn't think it was a tire) and then raised the hood. Found a hose off the blower for the deasel engine. With this off you don't have power. Also found a bolt in one of the tires, he could hear a air leak -- so changed the tire and put the hose back together.
We drove quite awhile and it happened again. Got out and fixed the hose again. At this point we were trying to make it up an incline, of course it takes more power. It was just a little bit more and off it came. We were at the top of the hill on a bridge. So from there (last picture) we had mostly downhill and flat area. So going no more than 50miles a hr and me praying we would get to the campgound.
We did get to the campground yesterday.
This is the view from the top of the bridge where we were parked at at the last breakdown. It is a pretty view, but we could have viewed this while driving across instead of stopped. We were 12 miles from the exit to the campground. We drove around 50 miles an hour, very little climbing hills and a lot of praying that we'd hold together until we got there.
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