Remember I mentioned the horrible vibration in the rig? Well, we were getting ready to hit the road and Joe was checking the tire pressure. He added air to several of the tires which were low, but one tire would not hold the air. Turns out we had a FLAT TIRE!
We called our Emergency Road Service. They said they’d be there in about 45 min. Meanwhile, our friend Barry offered to remove the tire and put on the spare. He insisted we cancel the service call and he would take care of it. We knew he was an incredibly talented mechanic, but we hated to be an imposition. Barry and Barb are the couple we will be staying with a few days during our journey to Canada. But in no time at all, he had the tires swapped and we were on our way.
We drove on up to North Reading, Massachusetts with NO SHAKING and have been having a ball with Barry and Barb. The next day, Barry checked all my tires , greased some kind of joints under the rig, and generally gave it a good check up.
Then he wanted to take it for a test drive. ----- Now I don't let just anyone drive our beloved Chuckie, but hey, this guy is a mechanical genius, so I figured he would be the safest person to allow behind the steering wheel. Found out he was a "hot rodder". Didn't that RATTLE my nerves!
Joe said he kicked it up to 70 mph, "popped a wheely" and took some sharp curves at 65. I know he did because every item in my frig was turned over, I found my deoderant, which WAS in the bathroom, on the other side of the bed! But that's OK - We're ready to ROLL !
Barry checks out the errant tire.
Barry pulls on the aformentioned tire.
Others join in to assist with the $%#*** tire.
Tires are everywhere!
Barry and our RV friends save the day !!!!!!!
Barb looks on and just smiles.
RVers are the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 comment:
You guys are having WAY to much fun! I'm so glad you had Barry along to fix all of your problems. That's great news. Glad to hear you are safe and living abundantly up there. Have some clam chowder for me.
FYI, Joseph (Jo-fib) is off all oxygen and heart monitors. They'll have standard pulse monitoring and whatnot until he is discharged. So, he SEEMS to be doing really well.
Hannah says she's 7.
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