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Left this morning (Saturday) and made it about 2 hours towards I20 and almost made it before the engine started really overheating and spewed a bunch of coolant out. Luckily I was watching the temps and I think the engine is OK but we are sitting on the side of the road now waiting for it to cool down enough to add more water - luckily the pure water tank is 1/2 full so we should have plenty to make it back - will just take our time and get there safely. The big thing now is finding somewhere to turn around! We will disconnect the Jeep so it is easier to 180... Bernd thinks the head gasket may be the trouble but we will see next week. So if anyone is going through Nacogdoches TX please come by and visit! We will be staying in the coach next week at Bernd’s until all is fixed. On the bright side I can order the engine fan speed switch, the switch for the A/C (1977 Chevy truck part) and work on my battery bays (maybe Bernd will let me borrow a welder to fix them correctly and make them like new again). It could be much worse - I could be out of vacation time! This is turning out to be an adventure but at least we are in a good place to have the work done. I miss my house but it will still be there next week...