It was 24
degrees when we left Breckenridge, CO on Wednesday morning – couldn’t get out
of there quick enough!! The snow on the
mountains still looks pretty deep.
And the lake
is still a big slushy.
The morning
was spent dealing with steep downgrades.
Long tunnels
And heavy
traffic in Denver.
About
halfway between Denver and the Colorado/Kansas line things got worse. We stopped for lunch at the rest area at
Arriba, CO (middle of nowhere). When we
got ready to leave the coach wouldn’t start and there was no coaxing it with
the generator this time. Greg said he
was pretty sure it was a starter problem because he had checked everything
else. We called our Good Sam Roadside
Service and they got in touch with a road service about 25 miles away. By the time the road service showed up it was
pouring rain. The road service guy
checks things, looks at the starter, whacks it with a hammer and the coach
starts. Obviously, that wasn’t a long
term fix so we followed him 25 miles back to their shop. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality
of this facility, Interstate Diesel, Inc. in Limon, CO. They ordered the new starter for us and took
us to a local Holiday Inn Express. By
9:30 the next morning we were on our way.
The only problem was this shop doesn’t deal with after-market warranties,
so we are out of pocket a little over $1,000 until we can get a claim filed
with our warranty service.
The
landscape leveled out drastically before we got out of Colorado.
We are now
in Kansas.
And the
landscape is still flat. After spending
the last month in all kinds of mountains these wide open spaces seem kind of
strange.
Looking more
like the Midwest we know and love.
I’m sure
there is a good story behind these short stone fence posts.
On the other
side of these water towers going into Pratt, KS it says “HOT” and “COLD”.
We’ll be
here until June 3 visiting with David and the kids. Wyatt and Cheyanne spent the day with us,
really enjoy spending time with them.
We have been watching the weather, hope you two are safe
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