DAY 8 Page to Mesa Verde- Day 2 from Hell

The day started with ferrying Philip to A and J Automotive at 0800 to get started on fixing Linda’s Morgan. The fuel pump was replaced and the generator found to be not working as well as the voltage regulator. These were all replaced and the Morgan started up about 11 AM. I had a bit of time to take a package of ‘things not being used” to the post office to mail home, do a load of laundry, pick u[ a long sleeved shirt for Kathy who didn’t bring one and allegedly George wouldn’t stop for her to get one . Alan had stayed behind to provide support for us. About 11 AM and several hundred of Linda’s dollars later, we headed out on another beautiful day, and 8 miles later, Daseymay lost all power again. Fortunately we were within cell reach of Page so called back to A&J and they sent a tow truck another 2 hours later. We picked up some lunch on the way back to the shop. The mechanic tested lots of things and basically there was no power getting to the dash. He reported the wiring mess to the dashboard and indicated it would take hours for him to sort it out. So he created a toggle hot wire switch for Linda to bypass the ignition switch (don’t ask me, I don’t understand). He was concerned the lights wouldn’t work, but initial testing showed they MAY work. He also didn’t think this fix would take the car another 4500miles. About 4 PM we again headed off to Mesa Verde. When it got dark, the lights didn’t work, so we had Linda and her Morgan between our cars, and managed to make it to Mesa Verde about 11 PM with her having no lights, and the 25 miles into MV from Cortez being on dirt road undergoing construction in the very dark night. She turned off the car, checked in, and her car wouldn’t start to take her to her room. So she left it at reception, only to have her camera stolen which she had forgotten to take out in the dark. We ferried her belongings to her room and finally got to bed about 11 PM. Not a fun day.