Wednesday, the 10th. Of June. We leave Willmington, Ohio and head north. It is a great day for traveling as it is raining. Well, not really great but it will keep us cooler than if the sun were out. We load our settings into the GPS and start down the road. We find a Bob Evans for lunch at the Cabala's exit off US 23 in Michigan. Wow, we are making good time. We should be at the campsite by 3:00 at the latest. Watch out Nancy & Tom don't make any predictions....they might not come true. Sure enough about 5 miles up the road BAM!!!! Pow, oh my goodness we have a blowout on the right front tire. Tom, being the expert driver he is, managed to get us over to the edge of the roadway without any mishap.
We call our insurance (maybe we should put that number on speed dial) and tell them just where we are. They locate a tow truck for us and golly they should be there in an hour. (haven't I heard that line just a couple of days ago?)
Golly me, in 48 minutes the tow truck was there. He took extra care in getting the RV secured to the tow truck. Where do we want to be pulled to? How about someplace where we might be able to get the tire replaced? O.k. Belle Tire on Carpenter Rd. in Ypsilanti. Off we go, Tom, Nancy and Charley following the RV that is being towed.
The guys at Belle Tire were really great. They jacked up the motorhome and changed the tire quite fast. We had called the campsite to tell them we may not make it today, but what the heck maybe we can after the fast repair. No, they could not repair the tire, remember that tire we hit a couple of days ago? Well, we must have had a hole put into the right front tire, cause when they went and looked at the tire the hole was the size of a golfball. No fixing that, we had to get a new tire.
O.k. So now it is rush hour traffic and we want to see if we can get to our campsite. We head out and then think of all the possible roads we could take. Call Jeff and Amy to find out what roads we should take and where all the road construction was. Finally after three calls we think heading to Flint and out I-69 is our best course. We encounter two long road delays but, traffic is moving nicely.
We arrive at the campgrounds about 7:30. We call the ranger to get into the park and he welcomes us and we think how lucky we have been today.
We set up camp and call Jeff & Amy and let them know we arrived and are all o.k. Charley is glad to be back in her camper and loves all the attention she is getting from friendly people here.
Temperature 57 degrees this a.m. Now we remember why we wanted throw rugs on the tile floor.
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