We didn’t make our tentative schedule today. No sooner did we pass by Denver when we began to overheat. We stopped, cooled off, began again with the same results. Three more stops to cool off before we were able to limp into Big O in Evergreen. We did try AAA first and they were willing to tow us of course but it was less than 2 miles, we had cooled down so we felt we could make it. We used our phones to “Google” and call around and found out Big O did replace thermostats. We only drove around 160 miles today but it was pretty stressful. At one of our stops a nice young man and his girlfriend (and dog) stopped to see if we needed help. He agreed with our assumption that it was probably the thermostat. He really couldn’t help but it was sweet of him to stop and I told him so. He grinned and said he saw the Casita and knew he had to stop because his mom has a Casita. At another stop the Colorado Patrol stopped. They were very nice but of course they couldn’t really help either. They left a number and card with us that we could call if we couldn’t make it to the Big O. I did let them know later that we made it and we were fine. Each stop, except the one where the young man stopped, we were well off the road and safe. We were on a back road and safe enough when the young man stopped. There ARE still nice people in the world! Big O was a delight for us. They were so nice, friendly, helped up unhook, found a place to park the trailer in their lot and invited us to spend the night. Yes, diagnostics showed the radiator cap is faulty and the thermostat is not working. Before the guy who help us left for the night he came to check on us to see if we needed anything. We can definitely state the people at Big O in Evergreen, Colorado are a friendly bunch of people. We will be writing to their corporate office to complement them when we get home.
The Culprit: A thermostat, without a good one you don’t get far!
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