Engine Problems

We left Turtle Beach Resort and since we were close to 50,000 miles on the coach, Doug decided to stop at the first Cummins shop we saw. Well, just a few miles north in French Camp we spotted a sign and stopped. The service guy we dealt with was super nice and patient. We weren't sure if we were still under warranty, so he contacted Cummins to find out that no, we weren't.

Bummer! After listening to the coach idling and then revving, he determined that we have an exhaust manifold gasket leak. The engine makes a funny sound and it effects our mileage a little, but it's not dangerous. We will continue on and have it repaired when we get back to Washington.

That took a ton of time out of a long travel day! Still, we continued north on I-5 and after several rest stops, finally found Bear Mountain RV Resort 7 miles out of Redding, California. It's a small, peaceful, quiet park tucked in a valley with little phone reception and occasional internet.


The road into the park was quite steep, narrow and the curves were scary. But once we arrived at the front office, the owner was pleasant and we found the park to be equally pleasant. (If it only had better internet reception!!!)


We settled in and started laundry. Both hampers were full since we hadn't had sewer hookups in quite a while. What a treat to have clean clothes and long showers.