Monday, October 27, 2008

On the Road 2007

October 22, 2007

Left Gooding around 9:15 am and arrived in Ely, NV approx. 1:30 pm their time. Day was nice in 60’s, sunny and no wind. When I left home I was a little apprehensive and felt a little sick to my stomach. By the time I got to Jackpot I forgot the trailer was even behind me. It pulled straight as an arrow. I did experience quite a bit of vibration when accelerating between JP and Ely. At first I thought it was just the road, but didn’t seem to change when road smoothed out. Maybe tires are unbalanced, not sure. Will have to check it out if it keeps up on my way to Pahrump, via Vegas today.
Well, I guess you learn from your mistakes. I didn’t detach the water hose at the Ely campground last night and it froze. Somehow I thought they were heated or something as everyone else in their huge motor homes parked next to me, left their hoses attached. Then, next dumb thing I did was try and unscrew it from the trailer. Of course, the L-shaped hose adapter that John gave me, snapped right off. I also forgot to plug in my truck, so I did that at 7:30 am, 28F degrees. Guess I’ll have to delay my departure until it thaws. Don’t want to break the campground’s faucet, too. Oh my, live and learn. Oh yes, did I mention the water heater won’t light?
Trucker has been a very good traveling companion. Doesn’t bark and hasn’t chewed up anything…….yet.

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