Leaving Arizona
We arrived in Arizona on January 15 and we left today. It was difficult to leave Kristen but we have so many wonderful memories of our time with her. She graciously hosted us for the entire time except our two weeks in California and Las Vegas. We took a new route this time and saw some wonderful sights. The mountains around Payson , Arizona showed us more mountains and I always thing they are the most beautifiul yet. The steep up and downs took a toll on our van's transmission and when we arrived at Payson , the transmission was whining, literally, and it didn't sound good. Tom saw a Chrysler dealership and pulled in. The service department took us in immediately and they determined that the strain of the mountains was causing the transmission to make the noise because the transmission fluid was a bit low. It was still in the safe zone but getting close to low. They refilled the fluid and when Tom asked what we owed, the service man said, "Nothing, just have a g...