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The lesson of the Grub Screw!

I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of a set screw called a Grub Screw before. In 24 hours we had 2 lessons on grub screws.

  1. We took this rough, sandy, 4WD track up a canyon outside Kanab heading to Montezuma’s Cave. Local lore states that Montezuma hid his gold there. We didn’t find the gold and when we got back to the pavement our transmission was stuck in first gear! Bummer! A couple of calls and we learned that we needed to check the grub screw that links the shifter to the transmission. 20 miles later at 10 miles per hour we were back at camp! The next morning and 45 minutes later the grub screw was snug and we were back in business.
  2. The next morning while taking down the tent a couple of poles had loosened up from the relentless pounding of the wind over the past few weeks. Guess what! The grub screw was missing from one of the tees! A quick trip to the hardware store and the tent was all snug again!
These are Grub Screws.
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Little Hollywood!

Kanab, Utah, aka Little Hollywood!, who new? Josey Wales, Stagecoach, Gunsmoke, and the Lone Ranger were all filmed here. Those and over 300+ other films and TV series. There is a small inn, the Parry Lodge, where all of the stars stayed during production. The lobby walls of the lodge are filled with pictures and memorabilia from all of the western stars. While we were looking at the pics, the gentleman working the desk told us a couple stories. It seems that when The Rat Pack, of Sinatra, Martin, etc…were filming Sergeants 3, they wanted to cool off after a day of filming so Frank Sinatra paid to have a pool put in at the inn. Crazy!

Set for Josey Wales, one of our favorite movies.
Parry Lodge where they all stayed and partied.
A few of the 300+.
One of the fampus ones.
Another old set. Not sure what show or movie.
Signs all over town talk about the different actors, movies, and shows, this one happens to be one of our favorites.