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.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
This morning we were just going to sit and “veg” all day. Then Tom looked at the map and saw that Lebanon, Ohio was just down the road. For the last 30 to 35 years all I remember about Lebanon was Tom telling me that during one of his golf outings to this area about the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. It is an Inn and Restaurant and the oldest continuous operating Inn and Restaurant in Ohio. There have been many notable historians that have been here. Of our presidents 10 have visited. If you goggle The Golden Lamb you can learn a little bit more about it.
We arrived in Lebanon just after noon with our hunger in tact. Wow, what a historic old building this Golden Lamb is in. Everything about it is fantastic, from the restaurant to the bar to the upstairs rooms where notables have slept. The food was great and we truly enjoyed our lunch. They have many dining rooms, but the one we ate in is the oldest. I took many pictures of the Golden Lamb. I sure see why all these years that Tom has raved about this Inn. If your even in the area, I sure urge you to look it up and enjoy a tasty meal there.
A special note, Barbara is you are reading this, they serve teas the third week-end of every month during the summer. Some of the dishes are so very old, I am sure you would really enjoy this place.
After touring the city – we found ourselves a Meijer's store and shopped for needed items
We arrived in Lebanon just after noon with our hunger in tact. Wow, what a historic old building this Golden Lamb is in. Everything about it is fantastic, from the restaurant to the bar to the upstairs rooms where notables have slept. The food was great and we truly enjoyed our lunch. They have many dining rooms, but the one we ate in is the oldest. I took many pictures of the Golden Lamb. I sure see why all these years that Tom has raved about this Inn. If your even in the area, I sure urge you to look it up and enjoy a tasty meal there.
A special note, Barbara is you are reading this, they serve teas the third week-end of every month during the summer. Some of the dishes are so very old, I am sure you would really enjoy this place.
After touring the city – we found ourselves a Meijer's store and shopped for needed items
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
This morning we were just going to sit and “veg” all day. Then Tom looked at the map and saw that Lebanon, Ohio was just down the road. For the last 30 to 35 years all I remember about Lebanon was Tom telling me that during one of his golf outings to this area about the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. It is an Inn and Restaurant and the oldest continuous operating Inn and Restaurant in Ohio. There have been many notable historians that have been here. Of our presidents 10 have visited. If you goggle The Golden Lamb you can learn a little bit more about it.
We arrived in Lebanon just after noon with our hunger in tact. Wow, what a historic old building this Golden Lamb is in. Everything about it is fantastic, from the restaurant to the bar to the upstairs rooms where notables have slept. The food was great and we truly enjoyed our lunch. They have many dining rooms, but the one we ate in is the oldest. I took many pictures of the Golden Lamb. I sure see why all these years that Tom has raved about this Inn. If your even in the area, I sure urge you to look it up and enjoy a tasty meal there.
A special note, Barbara is you are reading this, they serve teas the third week-end of every month during the summer. Some of the dishes are so very old, I am sure you would really enjoy this place.
After touring the city – we found ourselves a Meijer's store and shopped for needed items
We arrived in Lebanon just after noon with our hunger in tact. Wow, what a historic old building this Golden Lamb is in. Everything about it is fantastic, from the restaurant to the bar to the upstairs rooms where notables have slept. The food was great and we truly enjoyed our lunch. They have many dining rooms, but the one we ate in is the oldest. I took many pictures of the Golden Lamb. I sure see why all these years that Tom has raved about this Inn. If your even in the area, I sure urge you to look it up and enjoy a tasty meal there.
A special note, Barbara is you are reading this, they serve teas the third week-end of every month during the summer. Some of the dishes are so very old, I am sure you would really enjoy this place.
After touring the city – we found ourselves a Meijer's store and shopped for needed items
Monday, June 8, 209
What a day. We awaken to big rigs taking off. We arise take Charley for a walk...then we head out. We leave and have a great day on the road. We are zipping right along. We don't travel fast, going about 60 mph, so we stay in the far right lane. We don't encounter many traffic delays.
Somewhere in Tennessee the truck ahead of us runs over a tire rememant, it flies towards us and we of course can't manuever out of it hitting us. It goes under the RV and under the auto. Next time we stop we look for damage. It appears the front of the RV had a little damage, but nothing under the RV or the car. Lucky us.
We arrive at Thosand Trails Wilmington (Ohio) at 5:00 and are off the road. What a lovely campground this is. We find our campsite and set up camp. Tuesday is a day of rest for us. Charley just loves the campsite, there are all sorts of kids to visit with her. They is a "Mr. Flaky" complete with albino rabbit that Charley gets to meet. She is not certain about the rabbit, but seems to put up with it. Mr. Flakey is quite the talker, we sit and listen to his life story and then head into the RV for the night. We are really, really tired.
Somewhere in Tennessee the truck ahead of us runs over a tire rememant, it flies towards us and we of course can't manuever out of it hitting us. It goes under the RV and under the auto. Next time we stop we look for damage. It appears the front of the RV had a little damage, but nothing under the RV or the car. Lucky us.
We arrive at Thosand Trails Wilmington (Ohio) at 5:00 and are off the road. What a lovely campground this is. We find our campsite and set up camp. Tuesday is a day of rest for us. Charley just loves the campsite, there are all sorts of kids to visit with her. They is a "Mr. Flaky" complete with albino rabbit that Charley gets to meet. She is not certain about the rabbit, but seems to put up with it. Mr. Flakey is quite the talker, we sit and listen to his life story and then head into the RV for the night. We are really, really tired.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Well, this was a great start. Today we move and head north. We pack up the RV and get our "toad" ready to move when Tom starts his usual routine of checking the basement and making sure it's locked. Then onto the tires, are they full of pressure. Oh, darn the outside rear passenger tire is FLAT!! Nancy, find the insurance info. We called the insurance company - we aren't going anyplace with a flat. Will she help us find a tow and perhaps someplace open to repair a tire on A Sunday? Our cell phone is going dead, we need to plug in...will she look and call us back in 15 minutes? Sure. In the meantime we continue to look for something to help us. We find a tow place in Haines City, they will come and help us. Yeah! Good thing as the insurance company can find no one in our area.
They arive in their 15 (?) minutes more like an hour and a half. The young kid fills the tire with air and it seems to be holding. Their is a GoodYear store just down the road and he will follow us to it. Saving us time and money. We only need to pay for the service call and air into the tire vs. a tow.
We arrive to find out that GoodYear will not fix tires on trucks and RV's. What to do we are blocking some of their service bays. One young man his brother in law works on trucks and RV's. We call and another hour and a half later he shows up. We have a self taping screw inbedded in the tire. He can fix it and so what started out as a day taking off at 8:30 instead turning into a day leaving at 12:30.
We wanted to get north of Atlanta so we drove until 10:00 that evening to arrive north of Atlanta. Not having a campsite we found a Walmart parking lot and stopped overnite there. What a day, glad it's over.
They arive in their 15 (?) minutes more like an hour and a half. The young kid fills the tire with air and it seems to be holding. Their is a GoodYear store just down the road and he will follow us to it. Saving us time and money. We only need to pay for the service call and air into the tire vs. a tow.
We arrive to find out that GoodYear will not fix tires on trucks and RV's. What to do we are blocking some of their service bays. One young man his brother in law works on trucks and RV's. We call and another hour and a half later he shows up. We have a self taping screw inbedded in the tire. He can fix it and so what started out as a day taking off at 8:30 instead turning into a day leaving at 12:30.
We wanted to get north of Atlanta so we drove until 10:00 that evening to arrive north of Atlanta. Not having a campsite we found a Walmart parking lot and stopped overnite there. What a day, glad it's over.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Ahhhh, the joys of starting vacation. Friday, June 5th. We left Estero heading for Orlando. The trip up was uneventful, except for the time our Evenbrake said STOP - ASAP!! We pulled over to the side of the road, could not figure out what was happening, so it got unplugged, we still had the taillights on the car working, but not the car brakes. Will have to look at today.
We thought “Old Town” on a Friday night was Old Car Nite/ Cruise In. What a bummer! The autos were NOT on the Old Town street, instead they were on the road that runs parallel to US 192. And old ? Cars, NOT. When we see 2 and 3 year old foreign autos, and a few old time US autos. Need I say more this was definitely a big disappointment.
We thought “Old Town” on a Friday night was Old Car Nite/ Cruise In. What a bummer! The autos were NOT on the Old Town street, instead they were on the road that runs parallel to US 192. And old ? Cars, NOT. When we see 2 and 3 year old foreign autos, and a few old time US autos. Need I say more this was definitely a big disappointment.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wednesday, June 3rd. 2009
Hello, today we are starting to pack the motorhome. Yesterday we had 4 men washing the outside of the RV so we would not be soooo very dirty. Have loaded food, and are getting ready the clothing. We need to take casual clothing, plus a couple of nicer pieces in case we go fancy somewhere. But things are happening. We look forward to the trip, but have lots to do before we go. Will add more later.
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