The van was making a whining or groaning noise. It had done it before, sporadically, while we still lived in Oregon. It did it the whole trip from Oregon to Colorado, until we got off the interstate at Castle Rock. For about a week and a half, now, it was doing it all the time until the car got up to normal operating temperature.

Everything I looked at said "power steering." I didn't want to, but I was going to make an appointment with the dealer for repair (I didn't want to because I didn't want to miss any work time, any visitation time).

Yesterday, Genevieve returned from a member's house with the report that they said it sounded like the PS fluid was too low. This morning, I look, and sure enough, the level was at the "Add" line.

So, after lunch, I went over the Napa, got some transmission fluid (that's what the manual said to add), and topped it off. After a little while, the noise was gone.

So far, it seems to be gone, still. I'll know more tomorrow (at the latest) when I go into the office; the engine should be good and cold at that time.