Motorhome Woes

[SteveR]

Are you guys really seeing 4-6 foot surf, or are those people really short?

What's the water temperature?

Like Audrey said, the surf runs 4-6 feet with 5+ foot tides. There are some very nice sandy beaches south of Seal Beach that looked like a good place to surf...very few rocks and a nice curl 100 yards out.

The Oregon coastline is amazing in its' diversity. 200 foot cliffs down to miles of flat sandy beaches, up to massive rock outcroppings then on to gravel beaches and more "haystack" rocks. Never a dull moment driving US 101..too bad I have to be the driver...too busy to really look until we find a BIG place to pull over.

We will be back when we have more time to explore the coast.

 

[SteveR]

We are back in Salt Lake City for a few days as DW finishes her current round of medical work. We managed to log just over 2000 miles over 6 travel days so far with another 300 on Thursday and have seen some truly awesome scenery along with some really boring high desert views that seem to go on forever.

A major difference between the East and West is that in the East most major cities are about 120 miles apart or about 2 hours drive. Out here they are 500 miles apart or 7-8 hours driving time. That makes for some long days behind the wheel.

So far there are not new issues with the coach.

On the bright side...our chassis manufacturer has been working with the coach manufacturer on some long standing issues we have had with handling, ride quality, safety and a long-term air leak in one of the systems. They have agreed to replace the shocks, replace both front wheels and put on larger tires (lower the required air pressure from max.) do some work on the fuel tank filler tubes, and not stop until they find the small air leak. This is great news since most of our problems with the coach seem to be from the chassis.

We have an appointment in 3 weeks to get all this fixed at a regional repair center instead of the "local" repair centers. They feel this is a key issue in our continued problems. They will cover the cost of the parts and labor to fix everything. We have high hopes that this will be what we have needed for many months.