Met with Steve. Gave him our list. Did a walkthrough. With all the rain we’ve been in this summer, we discovered a leak in the living-room. One wall is wet inside. We’ll need them to open it up to dry it out, then hopefully find the source of the leak and seal it up. Left the motorhome with Texas Custom Coach, packed everything we needed in the Jeep, and drove to our house at Sandpipers Resort. We’ll wait here while they work on our coach in Pipe Creek. Our summer trip isn’t over, we’re just taking a break from it! https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201563872774147443355.0004e02f0c80f1461c0bf&msa=0&ll=38.719805,-84.199219&spn=11.563316,26.784668 It is lush and green here. They have been getting rain every day, including today!
Wingfoot Tire
Nice people. They agreed that the rear tires were not wearing appropriately. Tire shops don’t always balance the rear tires on big motorhomes but in our case, it should have been done the last time we bought tires (at a different store). We’re only about 30,000 miles into these tires. We should get another 30,000 out of them, but they’ve got some odd wear. The Wingfoot Tire shop in San Antonio pulled all the rear wheels and ran them on the machine. The inside rears needed balancing, the outside rears were fine. They got us all put back together and we were out of there before noon. Our next stop is at Texas Custom Coach in Pipe Creek tomorrow for some interior work. That’s a long way from the Alamo KOA in San Antonio and it was still so early in the day we decided to drive to Bandera and spend the night there, closer to tomorrow’s target. Pioneer Riverside RV Resort. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201563872774147443355.0004e02f0c80f1461c0bf&msa=0&ll=38.719805,-84.199219&spn=11.563316,26.784668 Bandera City Park. Always good for a walk. Heard Great Horned Owls.
Holt Cat
We have a dipstick problem. I went to check the oil and I could barely get the dipstick out. Once I got it out, I couldn’t get it back in again to check the oil. There is a long sleeve about 4 feet long the dipstick goes through to get to the crankcase. The sleeve is made out of a hard plastic. Turns out it wandered just a little too close to the turbocharger and a section of it melted.
It’s a wonder I even got the dipstick out in the first place. Holt Cat handled it. A new dipstick sleeve, routed a little farther from the turbo, and problem solved. Tomorrow, Wingfoot Tire to check out some odd tire wear on the rear.
It’s a wonder I even got the dipstick out in the first place. Holt Cat handled it. A new dipstick sleeve, routed a little farther from the turbo, and problem solved. Tomorrow, Wingfoot Tire to check out some odd tire wear on the rear. Know how..
Know how much of a pain it can be when lanes have to merge together on the highway? There isn’t really any guidance how to do it; there’ll just be a sign saying right lane or left lane closed ahead. Most people see the sign, anticipate the merge, and move over when they get the chance. Some people will take the opposite approach and drive all the way to the front to the last merge opportunity and merge from there. These two merge methods are in direct conflict with each other, every person choosing to drive to the front of the line makes those in line wait even longer, so tension often results. Seems like there should be a better way… ….and on this trip, we actually have seen two. Up around Bar Harbor, the sign didn’t say left lane closed or right lane closed, it said “Lanes merge. Please alternate.” That worked great. Everyone drove to the merge point then alternated. Later in the trip, driving across New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, we ran across a sign that said “Left lane closed ahead. Please merge early.” It worked great. Everyone anticipated and moved over early. No-one drove all the way up past the line to gain an advantage. It is so easy when everyone has the same expectations. Stopped at Alamo KOA in San Antonio. We’ll be here for a few days getting some work done. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201563872774147443355.0004e02f0c80f1461c0bf&msa=0&ll=38.719805,-84.199219&spn=11.563316,26.784668
I’ve never seen a chigger I didn’t like
That’s probably because I’ve never seen a chigger. They’re pretty small and you can’t feel when they bite. They’re not like mosquitos; no satisfaction from a blood spattering smack when you discover one biting you. I suspect that chiggers have never seen a me they didn’t like; and they’ve seen me plenty of me. I just read on the internet that chiggers like to hang out in dry grass. I walked a wonderful trail at the Tom Sawyer RV Park consisting entirely of mowed grass. I guess I should stop waking on grassy trails. That’s it. No more grassy trails; only dirt and gravel trails for me from now on! We’re headed for San Antonio, but Brazos Bend is almost right on the way there, so we stopped for the night. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201563872774147443355.0004e02f0c80f1461c0bf&msa=0&ll=38.719805,-84.199219&spn=11.563316,26.784668 
