We called it quits today ! Had a nice morning touring Arches again. Will post pictures tomorrow. When we finished with Arches, we were preparing to drive down to the Needles section of Canyonlands - about 60 miles south. As I withdrew the bedroom slide, the motor suddenly started whirring very fast. That means it lost it's gearing with the slide. Probably a broken shear pin down in the bowels of the mechanism. Mimi and I looked at each other and decided on the spot that the trip was done. We have serious travel fatigue, and poor Smokey is being stretched pretty thin. The Eastern Utah thing was somewhat of an add-on to our New Mexico trip. We are pretty strung-out, and just pushing ourselves at this point. Not fun anymore. In retrospect, Eastern Utah deserved its own trip, not just as an afterthought.
Done means done with us. We made our way up to Rt. 70, and began heading west. Stopped at Richfield, Ut at the Elks lodge. It overlooks the golf course, and they were very welcoming. I'm liking this Elks thing ! A few good notes - the windshield is holding so far. The bedroom slide tries to open on sharp left turns. So we have to watch those turns! These are typical PIA things with motorhomes, and what I call non-fatal events. They can be fixed. A fatal event (knock on wood, sign of the cross) is a blown engine or transmission. We will be high-tailing it home from now on. The decision feels good to both of us. Mimi agreed not to try to poison me, and I won't ask her to stand in front of the motorhome while I test its brakes. Fair is fair.
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