Landed Thursday night at 6 pm right over the TX/ New Mexico border after traveling through El Paso at rush hour in I-10. Jerry wanted to go straight through instead of doing the go-around north of the city and then west, as there would have been a lot of stop and go traffic there. Wasn't too awful; of course, I had my foot on "my brake" all the way. LOL However, it was time to stop and get food and rest after about 400 miles.
Just as we pulled into a truck stop parking area, the Pressure Pro sensors went off...one tire way low. (Of course, Jerry had checked all tires before we set off and we put on all the senors and programmed them.) Oh, well, too late to work on that now and we were too hungry and tired. Mex food was authentic and good but spicy salsa! wowser...heartburn later.
Friday morning Jerry aired up the low tire and checked the others...Decided we should have the tire checked out so we went to the nearest Discount Tire store - Las Cruces - 20 minutes up the road. Sure, they will check it out but it will be an hour wait...ok - so we hem and haw and debate...I said I didn't want to change a tire on I-10 and Jerry's arthritic fingers would not like it either, so we waited. Glad we did - a very sharp young man diagnosed that the valve stem was not sufficient enough for the pressure we are supposed to carry in our tires....so for $12 plus tax, he changed 5 of the 6 valve stems to the right ones, balanced the tires and 2-1/2 hrs after we pulled in, we were finally on our way to Tucson...5 hrs to go!
Arrived without incident at Nan & Lou's at 6 PM. Wonderful greetings and Nan had an awesome roast beef dinner waiting for us...what great friends we have! Early to bed. Will park Kanga today and get set up. Hugs to all!
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