News from NealDated Thursday September 28, 2005
Home tonight from the Utah petroglyph viewing trip.
All people and dogs here OK, but Marian hit a gravel curve too fast,
locked 'em up, and went over the eight foot (Marian says 12) embankment
and was stopped in a couple of truck lengths by a two foot ditch. Broken
radiator (skid plate pushed into it), bumper, and one hold down camper
floor "washer" (1"x2"x12" rectangular tubing) was pulled through the
camper floor when the corner bounced up a few inches. Slight dent in
back of cab. Water tank moved forward and sheared drain petcock off with
resultant water drain. Charles and Mary Hughes towed me for 30 miles.
Waited in Huntington, UT for 4 1/2 days for new radiator. Camped free at
repair shop. Last minute panic when, after they installed new radiator,
it overheated (solution: fill block via upper hose). Nice, friendly,
Mormon town; had choice of food from Sinclair or Maverick gas stations.
May convert to LDS and collect slower women. Are you listening, Gwen?
Neal P.S. Marian wants credit for not rolling the truck and for not saying a bad word. |