What We Didn't Want to See...

When we arrived at Jone's High Country RV Camp yesterday afternoon, we were unable to extend the slide in the bedroom. When Forry went out to take a look, he saw a puddle of oil...

When we are traveling, we pile all of the loose stuff and furniture in the RV onto the bed. Without the slide extended there is no way to really get at the bed. It really isn't too much of a problem, as we have gotten in the habit of sleeping in the living room when we are on the road. I get the couch and Forry loves sleeping in the Lazy Boy chair he got for Christmas. It just seems a lot easier to empty the things off of the couch and chair then to unpack the bed...

This afternoon we went out to take a look and see what had happened this time (we have experienced problems with the hydraulic hoses to this slide at least twice before).

We had taken over the radiator shield in the above picture (it's upside down) and set it aside --

This rather blurry picture is the coupling of the hydraulic line. The hose should be connected there on the left side...

And here is the end of the hose which Forry fished out, It looks like it pulled entirely loose from the coupling.

It looks like we may be changing our plans for heading from here to Spokane. We may just go down the Columbia Gorge instead and go directly Uhlmann RV in Chehalis. I emailed the above picture to Jim Jusilla, the shop foreman. He responded that they would be able to fix it, but the time frame will depend upon rather or not they are able to obtain a hose locally...

At least this time, the slide is all the way in. Last time we had a problem with it, it kept creeping out about 2-3 inches when we traveled. We'd have to stop occasionally and get it back in.

From Moab to Nephi

Well, this morning it was our turn. After almost seven years of full-time RVing (and multiple years part-timing with a Winnie and with a trailer), we had a black water spill this morning when a hose separated. Fortunately, Forry was able to shut down before it was too bad, but it still meant clean-up and lots of bleach! Hopefully we can put that experience behind us as one we never want to have again!

We still ended up on the road in good time. Traveling northwest on Hwy 191we followed the Moab Rim on up to Insterstate 70.

The colors we saw today were every bit as colorful as those in any of the parks --

Of course, we never seem to travel anywhere without running into road construction somewhere along the way. Today we saw several hundred of these cones on both sides of the freeway.

This is the beginning of the San Rafael Reef --

 

I think this is some of the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen --

It's amazing how the engineers cut the road right through the Reef --

This is portion of Castle Valley --

This is the Ghost Rock View Point --

Crossing into the Wasatch Plateau --

As we turned north on Hwy 89, we began to see the mountains near Salt Lake --

As we drove up the Nephi Valley we saw more and more snow --

This is the view out of Auntie Violet's open door. We are parked in Site 63 of Jone's High Country RV Camp near Nephi.