Sweet Pickle’s Western Adventure

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My two sons and I took a two week trip out west in our bus. We covered 9 states and approx. 4300 miles. No major issues. The fridge quit working unless we were on shore power, the plumbing developed a small leak and the faucet switch kept coming on by itself (I had “fixed” the switch before I left) so I drained the tank and disconnected the pump’s power. We did have an intermittent starter issue. The bus has a hard start relay, I plan to get rid of this, which I thought might be the issue and replaced in Williams AZ. However it kept happening a few days later so might be the solenoid. At any rate I just parked on slopes :). Luckily it only happened a few times. Here on some pics of the trip.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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St. Louis
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1st night Ozarks
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Pit Stop at Del Taco Oklahoma City. I grew up in LA and had these, had to stop for nostalgic reasons. My boys thought it was weird they served French fries with Tacos, lol.
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Foss Oklahoma. Worst KOA on earth. Eaten alive by mosquitos and ants. Glad to put this place in the rear view mirror.
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Conoco Station Shamrock Texas.
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The Big Texan 72oz Steak Challenge
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Cadillac Ranch
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Tepee Curios Tucumcari New Mexico
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Grants New Mexico. Got into the low 30’s.
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Painted Desert National Park
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Driving lessons in the painted Desert
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Lunch in the Rainbow Forest
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Grand Canyon AZ.
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Morning rush to the bathroom...
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Breakfast in the bus...
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Flagstaff AZ
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One pancake at a time :)
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Good to have dishwashers!
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Monument Valley Utah
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Frisbee with a view
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Stray dog the boys temporarily adopted and named “Doggo.”
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Winds died down at night so we were able to put the top up.
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Forrest Gump Highway
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Mexican Hat Utah
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Valley of the gods BLM land 16 mile dirt road.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Moki Dugway
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The Mesa the Moki Dugway goes up.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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San Juan River
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Pop’s Burritos Blanding Utah
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Arches National Park
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Moab
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Tom Tom’s cont...Everything was for sale...
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Cable TV and pizza at the KOA
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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Colorado
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Vail Pass
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Frisco Colorado, White River National Forest Elevation 9100 ft.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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On our way home...
Grand Island Nebraska
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Pit Stop at Taco John’s
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When is the last time you used a map?
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Le Claire Iowa...recognize this place?
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Mississippi River
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Last stop before home, Jubilee College State Park, Illinois.
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Back in Ohio!
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"

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