Another Month, Another Axle Abomination

Today's APRS Track, or Watch the Chicken Cross the Road
Wow.  We've been Sluffing.  A whole week since we last rode the trike.  We did a Monday and Tuesday overnight RV trip to test the new transmission this week so I s'pose that's our excuse for not riding earlier.  Another mail ride today, and since it was getting cloudy for our usual possible-Monsoon-Rain-of-the-day we didn't worry about getting overheated even though it was after 1 PM when we got going.
We had noticed our new local Twist And Turn Ice Cream Shoppe was finally open for business so we were anxious to try them out after picking up the mail.  After all, it's directly across the street (Highway 14) from our usual trike-treat stop, the Shell Station.
Since we've never ridden the trike across this road before we cogitated about how to cross it with minimal risk.  We decided to turn around in the Spears Auto Repair entryway and make a less-sharp left turn across North 14.  As we turned around Jacque looked left and right and up and down  and announced "The Coast is Clear" in all directions so we poured the coal to the pedals to scat across the street.
At which point we suddenly and abruptly came to a screeching halt, right in the northbound traffic lane of N-14.  We recognized instantly what had happened without even looking, and hopped off and lifted the defunct locked-up rear wheel and dragged the trike, cargo and doggies and all, back off the road and up onto the paved "Bike Path" paralleling N-14.  Sure enough, the rear axle had worked itself loose, allowing the wheel to twist sideways - locking the sprocket and chain against the axle dropouts.  It didn't take long to fix it, and it worked fine with no apparent damage once it was released and reinstalled, but this is a recurring problem that we have learned to hate with an otherwise wonderful machine.  The Terratrike comes stock with a "quick-release" rear wheel and axle, which means it has a tiny spindle holding all that tension and weight.  I simply MUST either build or modify the wheel for a solid bolt-in rear spindle and axle or get our Friendly Local Bike Shoppe to do it for us.
The aforementioned Twist and Turn was ice cream as advertised and very welcome and will be a future frequent frolic for sure.
Beginning Battery Voltage:  13.2        Ending Voltage: 13.0 
Lowest Temp  70 F      Highest Temp:  84 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:  4.46
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  3.0 MPH                                 6.1 MPH                    28.7 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hour 29 mins                       43 mins 39 secs          46 mins 13 secs