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So we had owned our 3023 for two whole weeks before we took off on a little trip to the Grand Canyon! First night when we left Arkansas was at the Palo Duro Ziplines RV Park, in Canyon, Texas. Great little campground, and setup was no problem. Second day, we set our sights on Gallup, New Mexico. A cruel Google reroute which shoved us off onto "Old Route 66" west of Albequerque shook rattled and rolled our poor trailer almost to death, and it spelled the end of our refrigerator as well as breaking the toilet lid hinge, together with one of the lights in one of the roof hatches. We had to live out of ice chests after that, and the ammonia was awful that night. The park in Gallup was nice, though. We continued west from there, pulling the TM through Petrified Forest National Park and had to go stand on the corner in Winslow, Arizona (such a fine sight to see!) We managed to pre-reserve one night in Trailer Village at the Soutn Rim of the Grand Canyon, and we enjoyed that stay immensely. There were 2 cow elk that walked right by our campsite the next morning. The next night, we got a spot at Camper Village, outside the Park, and that was OK too. Next day, we pulled our TM through the Park, east up 64, and went around the east end of the Canyon, crossing over at Navajo Bridge on our way to stay at Jacob Lake for 2 nights. After Jacob Lake, we moved the trailer down to Kanab, Utah, at the RV Corral (Good Sam), while we spent the day at Zion NP. After spending the night in Kanab, we struck out for home. We ended up that night in Las Vegas, NM, at a cheap hotel, just because we were too late trying to reserve an RV park. In retrospect, we could have boondocked at Wal Mart there that night. bu oh well. Next day was 663 miles to the KOA at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, which was a totally awesome campground! Finally we made it home about mid-afternoon the following day. 3,351 miles and a whole bunch of loose screws that now need to be fixed! (oh, and the refrigerator and lights.)