No pix yet, friends. On the road by 8:45 - ate at a dumpy place in nowhere called Four Corners...and arrived at Pontiac RV in time for our noon appointment. After a fun walk through with Mike, (and a few tweaks to things), we got back on the road about 3:30 pm...oops a mile away and no tail lights. Well, they had moved them up on the tailgate so they weren't hanging down underneath...hmmm - quick fix - dirty contacts. OK - back on the road. Made it to Kewanee, IL, sucking diesel fumes because we were in the middle of nowhere where they don't sell diesel. While filling up, discovered middle tire on left side was flat....ok - no problem, we're in a safe place to change it. Oops - no jack with us (duh) and the torque wrench doesn't fit the new lug nuts. Someone in the station mentioned Wal-Mart a half-mile away. OK - never used them. Oops- they don't change tires on RVs. OK - emergency road service. Wait an hour. Go into Wal-Mart and buy ready-made ham and swiss sandwiches because by now it is 7 pm and we had lunch at 11:15. Finally on the road again at 7:45 pm after a bill of $195! Egads - consumer ripoff! (Did find out that it was a faulty valve stem that was the problem as Mike had aired up the tires for us before we left. However we did see that the tire in question was full of cobwebs etc. indicating the tire had NOT been removed for wheel bearing greasing procedure which they were supposed to do and that Mike had told us had been done....) Guess Jerry will be making a phone call up there tomorrow. Finally home at 8:45 but it is too dark to back down the driveway for the first time...can't see limbs waiting to tear off the roof. LOL. Park in the cul de sac.
OK it is Sunday morning - the first day of actual daylight at 6:15 am...hope to get going early and get Kanga (a mama with a pouch for her babies) down the hill so we can make her our own. Hope my next post is more positive and will try to get some pix today.
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