Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Our trip has begun

We got on the road about 10 am Sunday, August 8th. Just into Georgia (Valdosta) we met up with Linda and Ward Churchman who were heading south and back home. That was really cool and a great surprise. First day's journey took us to Cartersville, GA - just north of Atlanta. We had decided to spend two nights in truck stops and the third at a campground. BAD decision when the country is experiencing extremely hot weather. We found a really nice spot to park but without electricity we have no AC. The temperature in the RV was about 93 degrees and the humidity was at least 200% (well it sure felt like it was). The refrigerator stopped working and we had no running lights on the RV. Jerry spent a couple hours working on those problems. He did get the refrigerator working but not the running lights. It was dark and with no running lights we didn't dare attempt to find a campground. One small battery operated fan was all that kept us from being cooked well done Sunday night.
What a relief to get into the truck on Monday morning.
Monday started out fairly well. We stopped periodically to make sure the refrigerator was still operating. About 9 AM we crossed the border into Tennessee and made a pit stop at the welcome center. As we got ready to leave, Jerry noticed a tennis ball size bulge on one of the tires. Looking under the RV we found another tire with a bulge on the inside. Not something we wanted to be cruising down the highway with at 65 mph. Fortunately the next exit had a Wal-Mart. By 10:30am we had two new tires and a much lighter wallet.
We made it through Tennessee and to the Kentucky/Illinois border and made the easy decision to stay in a campground for the night.

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