Still in Great Falls

I might sound like a broken record, we have not posted in a long time. We are still in Great Falls. Here's the story. For over a year the RV made a clanging noise in the front end when traveling on rough roads or hitting bumps around town. 

Before we started this trip we took the rv to 2 different mechanics. Both said the brakes were fine, so we decided to go on with the trip. One of our first stops was Green River Lakes Campground where we met with Christy's family. One of the people we met up with was John Kumer, Christy's niece's boyfriend. He took interest in the story of the noisy rv and wanted to take a look. Upon looking at the rv he noticed the shims in the front brakes were out of place and also were bent. He was pretty sure the trouble was in the front brakes. I asked him if it was an emergency and he said it needed to be fixed soon but not an emergency. 

Our next big city was going to be Idaho Falls and we thought we could have the rv fixed there. But on second thought decided to go on to Great Falls where we would have better support because Christy's sister and other family live there. 

When we got to Great Falls we made an appointment with a mechanic as soon as we could. The troubleshooting revealed that both front calipers were loose and contacting the inside of the wheels.

Today is day 22 that we have been waiting for parts. The actual repair should take 2 days. 

Before we started this trip my awesome girlfriend Christy had some pain in her left shoulder. She decided to go on with the trip and have the doctor look at her shoulder when the trip was over. But a couple of weeks ago she tripped and fell, landing on the bad shoulder. She is in a lot of pain. I want a doctor to look at Christy's shoulder, maybe take an MRI, and take care of that as soon as possible. 

We have canceled our reservations at the RV Park in La Push WA and plan to head back to Kanab as soon as the rig is fixed.  We hope to finish the trip in the future. We'll think about it later, when these problems are resolved.