I think I mentioned in the last post that we went to Panguich to a NAPA store to get a new radiator cap for the motorhome. I also got some antifreeze to replace part of what was lost when the radiator erupted and eliminated about 5 gallons of boiling antifreeze and water onto parts of my body and all over Diane’s truck. Had I been standing a little further away from the action I might have enjoyed the spectacle. I’m sure it was something to see. Anyway, we got the new cap, got a Subway sandwich and ate it in a small park along whatever road we were on, let Max run free on the grass in that same park, then headed back to Cannonville. It was a fun and relaxful drive. Yes, relaxful, is really a word even if I just made it up.

Once back at camp I added one of the two gallons of antifreeze to the RV and installed the new cap. The gal at NAPA looked up the RV by VIN and sold me a 16 lb cap. The one that was on it was 9 lb.

Then, yesterday we broke camp and headed down the road. I use the word “down” loosely because there isn’t much down in Utah. Pretty much every road we traversed was uphill. Little did we know that the worst was yet to come.

The very first large mountain we encountered caused the RV to overheat, but it took a long time for that to happen. We almost made it to the top before the light came on and went right out when I used Terry’s advice to slow way down. It worked. From then on we made it the rest of the way with no incident even though we went all the way up to 9600 feet. I have to admit that I was holding my breath quite often on the way up those mountains, but we finally made it to I-15 South to St. George. To celebrate that feat we stopped for lunch on a handy pullout on the on ramp to the freeway. I even took Max for a celebratory walk. Once that was done we joined the 80 mph traffic as we trundled along at our chosen speed of 60 mph. Surprisingly, quite a few joined us and no one tried to push us off the road. It was an uneventful trip, all the way to Temple View RV Park on I-15. I was happy to learn that our assigned spot was about 30 feet from the check in office. How handy is that? The spots are very nicely laid out. The RV goes on one side of the patio and the towed car on the other side. Really handy. I have photos but can’t add them until I figure out how to transfer them from my phone to the new computer.

Oh, ya! I got a new computer. This morning we drove up to Best Buy in Washington, Utah and fixed the problem I created when I poured a cup of milk on my MacBook. Kinda a dumb thing to do, right? It was one of many dumb accidents I’ve experienced over my lifetime. I actually think I can rectify the problem, however, because I have another MacBook at home that works, but no one can log in to it. No one remembers the user name or password. So, I’ll tear them both apart and see about swapping keyboards. That will be the topic of another post one of these days. Until then I’ll be busy learning how Windows 11 works. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to use a Windows computer so it’s a challenge. It types nice which was my prime concern.

Tomorrow we plan to leave here early for a pickup ride to Surprise, AZ, 6 hours long. We’re going to stay 2 days so we can make the 6-hour drive back to the RV. I told Max about the pending trip and he wasn’t happy. I took the above photo to document his displeasure. I think it’s evident he’d rather to to a water park, or just a nice green field of grass. He loves grass fields to run in.

This morning (9/21) we got up early at 0700 and left the RV around 0900 and headed south. The trip took us through Las Vegas which wasn’t pretty. There’s a very LA smoggy layer of air hanging over the city making it totally unattractive. I took a photo but won’t add it because I don’t want spoil any good thoughts you might have about LV. Also, I still don’t have a workable solution for making photos available to the new laptop. The above photo was made available via some magical set of circumstances that I’ve been unable to replicate. It’s a mystery I need to resolve.

We’re in Surprise, AZ right now and I’ve talked with my brother Jack alerting him that we will connect tomorrow. The drive down wore us both out. Max, too.

Now, for supper. Then I’ll maybe get to work on that mystery a little before slumber overtakes me.

Ciao.