And what a perfect Day 1 it was ……until .
Left the love of my life at 7 in the morning , Beau and I drove off on our long haul trip to Las Vegas where we meet up with Dee next Sunday . Perfect driving weather , RV nearly drives itself , scariest part of the whole trip is the first half mile , the trees and its branches are trying to rip the AC units of the roof and scratch up the paint , turning right on Flamingo and this is of the past , clear sailing to Vegas .
Checked the weather and decided Atlanta to Memphis to Albuquerque to Vegas has the least chance on Tornadoes, storms and flash flooding ! I’m using Harvest Host for these overnights . Great system , you stay at people’s restaurants, farms, wineries , in parking lots of churches and golf courses , all they ask is to spend a little money with them in their stores restaurants etc .. around 3 pm I decided to stay 20 miles south of Atlanta , driven 620 miles and ready for a long night sleep . About 8 miles before landing at the overnight, an enormous explosion rocket the RV , in my mirror I saw debris flying everywhere behind me and steering became hard and harder still . I had a rear tire blowout and with it the whole trim around the two axle rear was ripped away and strewn across i75 . Traffic halted and was able to drive around . It took me about a mile to come to a stop safe in the side of the road . Long story but after 7hours I had two new tires installed and drove the last 8 miles to get parking .
That was scary , first time for everything .
Better day ahead tomorrow !
The Long West Coast Summer Trip. 