In the continuing saga of the Kercher RV and/or truck problems...the RV is now the problem! We were happily on our way north, around 2:00 p.m. pulled in to a rest stop (to rest our bladders) when Ted noticed a problem. The leaf spring had broken on the 3rd axle of the RV. The axle was pushed forward and about 2 inches of tread was rubbed off. We were lucky we didn't have a blow out! There is a ton of tire rubber on the side of the RV as well.
We called our Good Sam Road Side service and they went to work on finding us some place that could fix the RV. Of course being Friday afternoon before the 4th of July holiday weekend they found nothing until Tuesday. Okay, now to find a tow truck. We were between Austin and Waco Texas in a rural area and the one tow truck large enough was in the shop until Sat. We could stay in the rest stop for 24 hours (and only 24 hours according to the bureacrats in charge of the rest stop)! But it was over 100 degrees and we were not sure if the generator would last all night to keep us cool, not a very desireable thought. So Good Sam kept looking and found us a tow truck, not one that had a dolly to hold the RV wheels (6 of them), but an experienced driver...Woody!
The tow truck got there about 4:00 p.m. Woody tried to tie the axle up to no avail but he took off the tire and got the RV hooked up to the tow truck and off we went. We followed to keep an eye on the axle as it was only about 6 inches from the ground and a large bump would not be good. We got to the RV repair facility around 5:45 p.m. and it had closed at 5:00 p.m. There was a locked gate right to the road so no way we could even put the RV inside the gate.
This turned out to be the good news. Good Sam only wanted to tow us once so we were going to be towed to the repair facility and we would have to stay in a hotel. We called Holiday Inn Express and for $99.00 per night we could stay there, oh and that would be $40 per night for Max (and he doesn't even get his own room much less his own bed)! Since the RV place was closed they allowed us to be towed to a campground and will pick up the RV on Tuesday morning (since they weren't going to work on until then, it makes more sense to us anyway). Now we don't have to rent a room and eat all those meals at restaurants!
When I was registering at the campground here in Georgetown TX, a woman comes in and she is one of the couples that was at the RV rally in Palo Duro Texas! They are staying here getting their RV refrigerator worked on and since they used to live in the area, getting their doctor appts done! They are full-time RV'ers also. Another couple from the rally live in town but they may be visiting their kids for the holiday weekend! They tell us there are fun things to do here such as the Berry Springs Farm and the town square which has shops and restaurants! We'll be sure to check it all out!
So "As the World Turns" and other exciting Kercher adventures..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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