Day 4

I left out a few details about yesterday I wanted to mention. We noticed there was a weird rattling noise while we were driving (about 2 or 3 hours from Grand Canyon West) which gradually sounded worse and worse and there was a lot of white smoke coming out the exhaust. We pulled over, called some people to pick their brains about it, and decided to drive to an auto repair shop familiar with diesel, which was in Wickenburg. Before long there was thick white smoke billowing out of the exhaust pipe and we lost power. It took Eric a lot of effort to steer us over to the side of the road. Towing was our only option and being 50 miles away from the tow company and the auto shop (and having a 12 ft U Haul trailer) made it an expensive tow job. The whole ride down we heard horrifying story after horrifying story of the worst accidents the tow truck driver had ever witnessed. We arrived in Wickenburg to realize everyone here knows each other. The tow truck driver said his friend at the Ford dealership had rentals available and the lady at the auto shop said the Best Western down the street had rooms available. We grabbed our necessities, walked to the hotel, and then headed straight to the Mexican restaurant for margaritas and lunch. The rest of the day was spent in the hotel room and at the bar/steak house.

Unfortunately I don't have any kind of updates on what happened to the truck or when it'll be fixed. We went to the auto shop today and they said they are slammed with work right now so they don't even have a diagnosis but on our walk back from lunch today we saw the hood open so that's a good sign. Today is a half day for them and they're probably not open tomorrow so we're just being patient and relaxing in this cute little Western style tourist town. There's not much to do here (the movie theater has 1 screen with 1 showing a day if that's any indication) so we're just trying to enjoy these slow paced days.

The pictures on here are of where we ate lunch today (so adorable) and what my duffel bag looks like after the trailer/bumpy road incident.