2025 Utah Trip

I was worried about tires on this trip.  Turns out the issue this time is an old one I thought was solved, beeping in truck saying trailer disconnected then it clears.  My friend at Law Chevrolet today recommended an additional ground.  Here's me making a ground from an extension cord: Unfortunately it did not solve the issue.  I may end up wearing headphones while driving to avoid the beeping. Diane saw some pronghorn while we were driving.  PJ is well familiar with these.  Here's what a pronghorn looks like: We did arrive at Allamosa KOA late afternoon.  Went to Great Sand Dune Park for initial visit.  Couple of pics: Then we found a local brew pup.  Very good.

Made good time today.  Almost 700 miles done, only about 400 left for tomorrow.  Only snafu was we had planned to boondock at a Kansas rest stop, they allow that and have separate loops for RVs.  But our smaller hwy off I70 is closed, and we had to get off I70 before our rest area.  So Diane did some great navigating, we are now in a Walmart parking lot in Great Bend Kansas!

We are departing tomorrow, 4/29 for a 15 day trip to visit Utah.  Here's a picture of the portion of our National Park map showing the 8 parks (in brown) that we plan to "scratch off" during this trip: Here's a picture of our itinerary: One of the issues I've been struggling with is that Basdens RV says my front axle is bent about 1/4 inch, ie toed out.  Found while re-packing my wheel bearings.  I had noticed excessive wear on the tire on the drivers side front last year: Basdens could not replace the axle before our trip.  So I am going to proceed with a bent axle.  The issue is, how quickly does it wear?  In other words, how long ago did the axle get bent?  We don't remember hitting anything real hard.  I moved this worn tire from the drivers side to the passenger side last year, then put about 600 miles on the trailer after the rotation.  Here's how much wear the 600miles caused: Can't hardly see any.  So, how much wear will we get o...