Day 3245

 I woke up at 7:30 and played games until 8.  Then it was up for breakfast and hooking up.  We left the park a little before 9.

There were a couple of slow spots on 1604, but nothing really bad.  Once we got on I10 we just cruised.  The only dark spot was the wind.  We had a very strong cross wind.  That combined with 150 miles of hill country up and down meant that we only got 9 mpg.  That caused us to stop for 10 gallons along the way.  We did manage to average 61+l mph for the day.

We got into the park a little before 2.  When we set up we had a surprise.  The front tire on the right side of the trailer had decided to come off.  It was just gone.

I went over to the park office and asked them for info on repair people.  They gave me the card for one that they highly recommended.  I called him and he asked me to send pictures.  I did and he said that he suspected that the axle was damaged, but he had to come look. He showed up less than an hour later with two trucks and two helpers.

He confirmed that we needed a new axle and his crew removed the damaged one.  He will also get us a new tire and wheel.  Then they left.

Ellen and I spent some time sitting outside and looking for another tire monitoring system because I'm now down two sensors.  The company that made the one we have now doesn't make it anymore.  The repair guy called and said that he's sending someone to El Paso tonight to pick up another axle.  He thinks the repair will be done by noon tomorrow.  It's 250 miles to El Paso, that's a 6 hour round trip at 80 MPH just to get the axle.  I bet this whole thing is going to cost us.

Ellen fixed Rudy's sausage and hash browns for dinner.  After dinner we watched videos.

Ellen has cancelled the reservations for the rest of the trip and I called the Tucson repair guy.  We're going to stay in Fort Stockton tomorrow.  Hopefully redoing the plans won't be a problem.