Day 1:
Well the first day we spent most of the time ether sitting
around or getting the RV ready. But at one point we all got off our butts and
started to just get the RV ready.
To get said RV ready all we really had to do was load up who
knows how much crap into it. And like every year it is too much crap.
But on a different note we were able to leave around 4
o’clock, and yes that is PM and also pacific time. But we did not go all that
far before we stopped to make sure all the tires on not just the RV but also
the trailer that the thing tows along with it were full of air.
That check on the tires did not prove to be very good
though. For around an hour later, don’t ask me what happened between then and
getting on the freeway for I was zoned out and sleeping lightly. Anyways as I
was saying about an hour later the outside duelly on the passenger side had a
problem.
Now the problem wasn’t that the tire went flat, it was that
the treading of the tire, the part that connects to the road, well it just came
off. That is right, the treading just came off. The only thing we had to keep
the air in was the mesh part of the tire. Now that was kinda cool to look at an
all, but it was very dangerous.
We had to go a ways before we were able to pull over and change
tires, it was also then that we noticed the blowing of the treads caused more
damage. The mud catcher that usually surround the tires, well that got
destroyed. But we got to work on changing the tires. My dad worked on getting
the bad tire off and I worked on getting one of the spare tires we got.
Now the spare tire is on a little item had been made in back
of the RV. It is held onto the RV were we put our sewer lines but also uses a
piece of metal and a couple of screws to keep it up. It took me a bit to get
the damn thing down, but once down I was able to roll it over to dad easily.
But also once downed I heard a noise that comes from one of the screws popping
out.
So when I had finished rolling the tire over I went back and
looked for the blasted screw. Once I found it I also saw something that did not
look right. The metal part that we used to hold up the tire, it had a large
gash threw half of it and the other half looked like it could break at any
time.
I immediately told my father about it and he agreed. We took
the metal off and threw it into the RV; we won’t be using that part anytime
soon.
It took us around another half hour before were done with
changing the tire, and near the end of that time a tow truck FINALLY stopped
by. We did nothing more than tell him what was going on and that we didn’t need
any help. He said alright and left.
Now I said we stopped to change the tire about an hour after
we left right? Well even if I didn’t, I just did. But anyways it took a little
over 50 minutes to change that tire. So we started to move again around 5:52, I
think.
But after that, the ride was pretty quiet. I fell asleep for
around two hours at one point and when I woke up we were pulling into a place I
think is called Kramer Junction. We had to fuel up and get some food for
dinner. Subway was what we got, but for some reason I was starting to get sick
and couldn’t finish my sub, oh well.
We spent several more hours on the road before
we finally stopped for the night at some place; don’t remember where or when, I
was trying to fall asleep by that point.
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