Snowy Range Pass

Snowy Range Pass

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Five weeks on the road


We recently returned from a motorhome trip up the east coast and heading along the south coast of the Great Lakes and then turning south for the journey home.  In all we traveled in 13 states on this trip. 

What made this trip different for us was the addition to the team of our dog Halley.  She traveled with us the last two years of our full-time adventure but remained home since we started traveling in the Winnebago View.  The last few trips without her, she had become quite sick and we had to rush home to take care of her. We thought her time was coming to an end. She was in sad shape.  After multiple vet visits, she was found to have numerous problems, but the thing that changed her fate was the discovery that her thyroid had failed. With the pills to help that and the other issues, it was clear she needed too much attention to ask our family to take care of her, so she is back on the road.  Surprisingly, this has been no problem and she seems to love traveling again.

The main destination for this trip was a large View rally being held in Cape Charles, Va.  75 RVs participated in the well-planned rally which was a lot of fun.

 As we were traveling along Interstate 10, I glanced down and saw the check engine light was on.  This was the first time in 7 years and over 70K miles that it has come on. We diverted to Dothan, AL for a Sprinter service check.  Long story short, it was a clogged Def metering valve.  I could fill a blog post with the service visit oddities, but everyone, I am sure, has had similar experiences.  The good news is we had no more issues the rest of the trip.



Our first stop was the Eufaula, AL ACOE park in time for a great evening along the water.







1 comment:

Paul and Marti Dahl said...

Glad Hailey is doing well and enjoying the travels. It's hard to see furry friends suffer, but seems she will be with you for many more miles.