Back on the road

We're in Ft Stockton Texas this evening. I was a bit tired after the past days excitement, so I decided to cut the day short. It doesn't help our travel time that we keep forgetting to change the clocks when we cross time lines.

It took a little time to install the 2 new tires on the trailer this morning. I could only remove one of them at a time with the single jack we have with us. I also had the spare tire replaced just in case. All together it cost about $300.00 for the 3 new tires. That has cut into our travel money a bit, but we all feel better knowing that all of the trailer tires (including the spare) have all been replaced now.

We had a bit of a problem with the grey water line since the handle for the shutoff valve is broken off completely. I knew that we had some grey water stuck between the valve and cap, so we used a bucket to catch what was in the line before hooking up the hose. It looks like we'll be able to make things work until we have time to make some real repairs. At least we're not leaking fluids or anything at this point. I am a bit depressed about the damage to the trailer, but I keep telling myself that this is not my dream trailer and that it's better for these things to happen to our temporary home than our more permanent one...

The weather has been cooperating nicely. All of the tornado activity we heard about yesterday has been North of us and we've managed to slip between all of the major storms. I think we'll have yet another nice day of travel tomorrow. We had originally planned to make it to our first destination within 2 days, but after the tire incident, we have decided that shorter driving days and longer rest times are in order. That puts us out at least 3 days possibly 4 if anything else comes up.