DO ALL BAD THINGS COME IN THREES?

I will post a picture tomorrow of the beautiful sunrise over the Colorado River at 5:30 am today.

We departed our lovely campsites (can't say that about the bathhouse!) at six this morning wanting to beat the heat in the desert. We enter the Joshua Tree National Park at 8 am, stopped to register in the Visitors Center and obtain info about the Park. First we had Joan's problems with her convection oven and her air conditioner. Then Amye's tire. Today was my turn. We were probably 10 miles from exiting the Park at Twentynine Palms, CA when I heard a noise that sounded like a rock hitting under the motorhome. I noticed the heat gauge going up and then the dreaded light on the dashboard started to blink. We pulled over and found most of the radiator fluid gone. I had a gallon of anti-freeze that I dumped half into the reservoir. Things started to cool down, but for only about 3-4 miles. I added the remaining anti-freeze. A park Ranger stopped to offer assistance and told us where we could get service in Twentynine Palms. He followed us to the park entrance where I had to put water. We had about three more miles to go. Bailey's Auto Service was a God-send! And thanks to Steve at Europarts in San Diego, a new radiator will be overnighted to Bailey's. Joan could not get her A/C fixed. The Happy Turtle will have to see the doctor at a VW shop for diagnosis of its ailment.

So here we are in Twentynine Palms RV Resort, in 112 degrees heat, trying to cool off. I am bunking with Joan tonight while the Road Runner is getting repaired. We should be on the road Thursday. We are all very tired of this dreaded heat. How people survive here is beyond us! We are going to head for Amye's friend for the Fourth of July and then on into cooler regions like the Oregon coast. Forget about Hearst Castle and California!