We left Silverton this morning with high hopes that the new brakes, air bags, etc. would provide us a safe trip to Monument Valley. Not. The brakes were smoking before we'd made it half way down the mountain. Sigh. Once we made it to "flat" road, the winds picked up and we were again pushed and pulled along the road. We discussed heading back home because this was just no fun, and we didn't want to die. We also discussed the fact that we enjoyed this type of traveling, and when Kevin retired we would like to spend our time traveling in this fashion and to do that we would need to get a heavy duty truck. Therefore, while in Durango we went to 2 dealerships - Ford and Chevy. Nothing at either place enticed us to make that plunge. So on to Cortez we went.
We saw the wildfire that had dropped ashes on us the previous days, and while going down a steep grade, the truck and trailer, on their own, veered to the right almost sending us down into a ravine. That really scared us. Straight to the Ford Dealership in Cortez we went.
We found a beautiful new 2019 F350 diesel that jumped out to both of us. Plus the incentives made it a no-brainer (along with the $$ they gave us for my little red truck, which I will miss). After spending the afternoon haggling, we finally drove out of Cortez in our new big diesel. No more swaying and veering off the road or into oncoming traffic. Yay! It's turned out to be quite an expensive vacation, but that's better than being dead. Kevin relished in the abilities of the new truck and had fun testing it out. And now I feel comfortable enough to drive which will give him a much needed break. Win-win.
We made it to Monument Valley just before sunset. The north rim of the Grand Canyon is on fire, which made for a spectacular sunset (but camp needed to be set up - no time for photos). I did take some pics from the truck as we sped along. I got Mexican Hat, Cow Canyon Trading Post (which has not changed at all since we saw it several years ago), and a new bird - Cassin's Kingbird.
Tomorrow, if my sinuses allow, we will take the bikes out for Utah adventures (the dust in Durango and Silverton have taken their toll on my sinuses). If not on the motorcycles, then in the truck we will go.
We saw the wildfire that had dropped ashes on us the previous days, and while going down a steep grade, the truck and trailer, on their own, veered to the right almost sending us down into a ravine. That really scared us. Straight to the Ford Dealership in Cortez we went.
We found a beautiful new 2019 F350 diesel that jumped out to both of us. Plus the incentives made it a no-brainer (along with the $$ they gave us for my little red truck, which I will miss). After spending the afternoon haggling, we finally drove out of Cortez in our new big diesel. No more swaying and veering off the road or into oncoming traffic. Yay! It's turned out to be quite an expensive vacation, but that's better than being dead. Kevin relished in the abilities of the new truck and had fun testing it out. And now I feel comfortable enough to drive which will give him a much needed break. Win-win.
We made it to Monument Valley just before sunset. The north rim of the Grand Canyon is on fire, which made for a spectacular sunset (but camp needed to be set up - no time for photos). I did take some pics from the truck as we sped along. I got Mexican Hat, Cow Canyon Trading Post (which has not changed at all since we saw it several years ago), and a new bird - Cassin's Kingbird.
Tomorrow, if my sinuses allow, we will take the bikes out for Utah adventures (the dust in Durango and Silverton have taken their toll on my sinuses). If not on the motorcycles, then in the truck we will go.
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