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Friday, October 12, 2012

Camp#3 Elkhart Indiana, Elkhart Campground

Well, we've been in Elkhart 3 days now. We noticed our MPG enrt from home was lower than normal and the brakes didn't 'feel' right. I found the left rear wheel hub was running warm so upon further investigation discovered the Emergency brake cable to that wheel seemed pretty tight. Since we had to change the front part of the of the 4 piece cable sytem last week I guessed it was more of the same. It seems that the parts of the cable "in a shroud" have a rubber type coating on them and have failed, thereby binding their release. So we found a truck repair place, Hill Truck repair, and had an 8AM appt to get 'er fixed. Yesterday we ordered and picked up the parts at 7:30 AM today to save time. They were done with the repair at 10:30AM  and we're back on the road. Yesterday we toured the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum. Great job by a lot of dedicated people to preserve a bit of history. Amazing how people camped over the last century.
    We are prepareing for travel tomorrow. I aired up all the MH and trailer tires. We checked all the lug nut tightness (Heather even tried her luck & muscles with the " BIG BOY " truck tire lug wrench---UGH- UGH ). H2O freshened. LP gas filled. Extra gear stored and secured. All we have to do in the morning is disconnect water, cable and electric and dump the tanks. We'll be good to go for several days. Hopeing to get thru most of Indiana tomorrow. Saturday traffic is usually lighter than weekdays as there are no school buses or commuter traffic and it's supposed to rain a little which will cut the traffic even more.
   Heard from our friends Jerry & Cathy in Mississippi. Gonna eventually meet up with them in Southern Mississippi. I see it's 78F down there :) !!
    Did I tell ya it "SLEETED" on us in Houghton Lake, Mi before we departed? How much more encouragement did we need to vamoos ??
   Hope ya'll have a great, happy and safe week! REMEMBER...LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY...Charlie & Heather
   

1 comment:

  1. Charlie,
    We met yesterday in Elkhart Campground. My name is Mike and I have the Bounder from Michigan. I am going to try to keep up with your blog to see how things develop on your trip.

    Safe travels and best wishes on your full-timing adventure.

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