Today is a good day to drive! We just sat along the road watching 800 pair of cattle drive along the road to their summer pasture. We started down the road and the van just quit; Will was able to get us off the road a bit so cars could pass.
The cowhands were on their way back to the ranch and stopped to see if they could help us.
Then a guy trailering his tractor stopped to see if he could help.
There was no helping the Roadtrek. The battery was fully charged, but it just would not start. Kept giving a little coughing sound-tick, tick, tick. It was just done. So, AAA to the rescue.
They sent out Kevin from Phill's Towing. Between Will and Kevin they were able to get the Raodtrek up on the tow bed without scraping the bottom off the back tray.
The Roadtrek look so big up on that tow bed!
It was about an hour drive to Hotchkiss.
And we talked with Brett at Brett's Automotive; he said he would see what he could do. If nothing today we were welcome to stay the weekend and he would take care of us next week, So off the tow bed the Roadtrek rolled.
Brett was great! He and his mechanic checked the battery; alternator and whatever else. Brett is a problem solver and he solved this mystery: there was no ground wire!
They fixed us right up and we were back on the road!
This certainly is a friendly town!
Look, a Subway mural!
And another depicting the town history.
Cute town with sidewalks and trees.
Beautiful stained glass at the church.
Sculpture at the Arts Center.
Today we celebrated our 13th consecutive year on the road by going out to eat at the Valley North Restaurant.
They too had a great stained glass window!
Happy us getting to travel around this great country for the last 13 years and six year part time before that!
We left the restaurant and headed down the road.
Just past the coal mine we found a nice little pull off near the Gunnison River for the night.
Today is a good day to drive! We just sat along the road watching 800 pair of cattle drive along the road to their summer pasture. We started down the road and the van just quit; Will was able to get us off the road a bit so cars could pass.
The cowhands were on their way back to the ranch and stopped to see if they could help us.
Then a guy trailering his tractor stopped to see if he could help.
There was no helping the Roadtrek. The battery was fully charged, but it just would not start. Kept giving a little coughing sound-tick, tick, tick. It was just done. So, AAA to the rescue.
They sent out Kevin from Phill's Towing. Between Will and Kevin they were able to get the Raodtrek up on the tow bed without scraping the bottom off the back tray.
The Roadtrek look so big up on that tow bed!
It was about an hour drive to Hotchkiss.
And we talked with Brett at Brett's Automotive; he said he would see what he could do. If nothing today we were welcome to stay the weekend and he would take care of us next week, So off the tow bed the Roadtrek rolled.
Brett was great! He and his mechanic checked the battery; alternator and whatever else. Brett is a problem solver and he solved this mystery: there was no ground wire!
They fixed us right up and we were back on the road!
This certainly is a friendly town!
Look, a Subway mural!
And another depicting the town history.
Cute town with sidewalks and trees.
Beautiful stained glass at the church.
Sculpture at the Arts Center.
Today we celebrated our 13th consecutive year on the road by going out to eat at the Valley North Restaurant.
They too had a great stained glass window!
Happy us getting to travel around this great country for the last 13 years and six year part time before that!
We left the restaurant and headed down the road.
Just past the coal mine we found a nice little pull off near the Gunnison River for the night.
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