Yesterday was an interesting day to be sure. While still in Nebraska, we had a man stop next to us at a stoplight. He had me roll down the window and informed us our trailer brakes were growling. His words, not mine. But we were well on our way to Kansas City so we carried on.
We traveled through four states yesterday, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
We clipped just a little of the corner of Iowa. It was unexpected. But I can add the states to our map. Tom won’t let me add them unless we’ve been there in our 5th wheel. Hence the reason Nevada stands bare for the moment. I’ve been to all four of these states and lived in three. But that’s okay. I’m on my way to all 50 states. We’ll soon be visiting states I haven’t been in.
So, after arriving at Walnut Grove RV Park (I know, Little House) Tom began calling RV shops and mobile repair places. Only one place would even take a look at the brakes, Central Body. This morning we packed up and drove about 20 minutes to have them take a look. The wonderful thing is they checked the brakes and the pads were still good, but the wheel bearings on one were dry, so they repacked the wheel bearings, didn’t charge us and sent us on our way. It was amazing! We highly recommend them and Jordan was a huge help. Tom also fixed the light on the truck, and I’m hoping that’s all the trouble we have for a little while. We’re keeping an eye on one of our bedroom slides because the wire is frayed. We’ve had some trouble with that slide before.
After returning to our campground, we set back up and then headed out to meet our brother-in-law and drop off the Vespa. It has become a nuisance and since we were close enough to Oklahoma for him to meet us half way, he was able to pick it up in Chanute, KS. We dropped off a few other things as well and are a little lighter now.
One the way back we ran into severe lightening and torrential downpours. It was hard to see and I thought Tom was stopping on the highway but he was just slowing down. My freaking out did no one any good, trust me. This was our view out the front window.
The Royals game was postponed due to inclement weather and will be played tomorrow. We are heading east so will miss the game. That’s one stadium we won’t be seeing this trip. Tom says we may have to do this again. I think not.
It’s still raining but I haven’t heard any thunder or lightening, so that is good. It is strange for us to have rain in the summer. Living in Washington all these years, we aren’t used to rain after July 4. I told Tom at the restaurant this evening that we do have an umbrella. He asked why I didn’t bring it and I said so many years of not using one in the PNW. But I’ll keep it at the ready. The rain is much harsher in the Midwest.
What started as a couple of days of worry have turned out for the good and we are blessed to be moving onward. We changed some plans and will be in Iowa for the next two days before heading on to Jellystone Park in Wisconsin.
Thankful for good people in the world and a dry place to sleep tonight. Thankful to be on this journey with Tom and three cats, even though they (the cats, not Tom) are driving me crazy on travel days. Here’s a picture of Samantha to close out this post. Hope you’ve had a wonderful journey today.
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