We were off to a good start. The weather was cool and overcast a nice travel day. We were happier with our site at this RV Park (Spanish Trails RV Park - Moab, UT), but it was crowded and many people kept their dogs outside the RV without being on a leash. With our two crazy dogs this can be quite a challenge.
We continued to see pretty sites on our route.
Hole in the Rock
Wilson's Arch
The scenery can change within a few miles. Sometimes this is amazing.
Then we crossed into Colorado!
Still a very nice travel day and it was cool. We arrived at Cortez, CO and went to Walmart to get my medication from the pharmacy. I had called it in on Monday, so there were no problems picking it up. Then we got a sandwich at Subway in Walmart and picked up some groceries. We got back in the RV and started to head south out of town. We heard a strange noise, I thought that we had just ran over the rumble strip. Soon though, Steve lost power steering and could barely steer. Luckily we were right near a huge parking lot in front of Redburn Tire Company and the Antique Corral. We were right near the south edge of Cortez. Steve got it steered in and found out it was the serpentine belt.
We went in and talked to the tire shop guys- and told him we would need to park there for awhile, he said no problem. He even gave us the number of a mobil repair guy.
We called him and he didn't seem too interested in fixing it, so Steve started to work on it. First of all we had to go to the part store to get some allen wrenches to get the doghouse cover off. A real pain! We searched the internet on my phone for the correct belt and along with a few trips to Napa and Car Quest we finally got the right belt. Steve worked hard but could not get the belt on right, since we could not find a diagram. Finally he wore himself out and we went to Sonic and got a burger.
What a rough ending. But we were fortunate that it happened where it did. We considered ourselves very lucky.
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