You know the rest. Redlands Truck and RV told us the coolant reservoir was showing cracks and could fail soon. Having had problems with coolant in the past we chose to have them change it. About 90 miles East on the 10 (we were still in California) I started getting low coolant and check engine notices. We were on a long climb with no functional shoulder – construction – so I elected to push on, better to suffer repairable engine damage than risk getting rearended. Eventually the engine made the decision for me and began to shut down. How fun is it to lose power steering in traffic at 35 mph? I was able to get on to the 3/4 width lane shoulder leaving some of the coach out in traffic. The engine restarted and eventually we made our way to a safe stopping place out of traffic.

Since I don’t carry a gallon of coolant, the tech we spoke with suggested water and return to the shop for repair. We carry water in our fresh water tank, the only issue was getting it to the back of the coach and into the reservoir which has scant space above it to add fluid without a hose and a pump (Pictures are on Facebook). My Uncle Rube might have added some other creative pieces but I am pretty proud of what I did.

We made it back to the shop and they were working on the coach at 7 AM. I will update that report in a later post. 

We are well and busy redoing our schedule. Still planning on Las Crucis Friday afternoon.  The good news we had breakfast at Carolyn’s again. The wait staff welcomed us back and asked what happened to our planned travel.

Other than the call from grandson Azriel to tell us that he and Stacy are married!!! the rest of the day was uneventful.