On the interstate up to New York, a
fellow in a car indicated that we had a problem with something on our
rig. We slowed down and found a safe place to pull over, and found
that the pin from one of the sway bars had broken and the bar had
been dragging on the pavement. After some thought and worry, we
decided to remove the one bar, reduce speed, and continue on.
Happily, we were only about an hour away from our destination and had
no further problems although we both were on edge the rest of the
way.
We had surprise visits from Rich's son
and his wife, Jessica, nephew Jason, and brother Bob and
sister-in-law Greer shorty after our arrival. Rich and Jason figured
out a temporary fix for the hitch problem, and while inspecting the
rest of the unit, noticed that a tire on the front axle, passenger
side of the trailer was badly worn. (The tire and wheel had been
replaced two years earlier when we had a blowout on our way back to
the factory for major warranty work. The axles were checked out at
the factory because of the tire problem and pronounced within specs.)
Since all the other tires looked like new (we had replaced them all
shortly after picking up the unit from the factory) we were concerned
so once again replaced the tire. In spite of having multiple tire
folks inspect the wear, none came up with the same diagnosis so we're
watching the wear and will have it checked out when we get back to
Gainesville. Fingers crossed!
We kept busy our entire two weeks here
– we hosted the family reunion, got to see four of our six northern
grandchildren, all five great grandchildren, our daughter-in-law,
visited friends, ate at our favorite spiedie spot, went to a minor
league baseball game (our team won), I had my first taste of
cream-on-top yogurt from a local dairy (yum), and more. We did get in
a nice hike on the bog trail at the state park with a cousin and her
husband. It's a beautiful walk and we'd never have known about it
except for our hiking partners. The day before we left, we had more
than a dozen over for nachos and farewells.
It was a great visit and we expect to
get back before we leave the northeast, but now, back to Pennsylvania
for the 4th of July.
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