Remember the heat I was “feeling” at each front wheel? Well last night had me up late searching and commenting on sprinter forums about what the possible causes could be. This morning I broke the news to Jen, she was bummed but we discussed our options and what we thought the best course of action would be. We decided on getting the van into a dodge dealership’s service department where they have a certified sprinter technician who can hopefully diagnose the lights and get us confidently back on the road. Being a Saturday I called around hoping to get lucky and be able to get in right away but the Mercedes Benz dealership and Dodge dealership both couldn’t accommodate us until Monday morning. Knowing there’s a price difference at the MB service department and that a sprinter tech is a sprinter tech, we took the earliest appointment (8:30am on Monday) at Melloy Dodge and set out for a day in Albuquerque. Our national museum pass from our OMSI membership (Thanks Mom and Rob!) gives us access to museums and other great spots throughout the country. Explora which is in Albuquerque was on the list, so we left our cozy RV park where we spent the night, stopped at a Harbor Freight to pickup a contactless thermometer to see just how “hot” the bearings/brakes were getting and went to Explora.
It was a great place and we didn’t even get through it all though we were there for most of the day. The kids really enjoyed the water activities and spinning table was a lot of fun too. When we did leave, we headed to a dog park nearby to let Molly off the leash and do some doggy socializing….
All in all it was a great day, and after one more, we’ll be able to get the van looked at and hopefully be on our way, once again headed “East” š
