Well, we made it to Florence. We will be here until the 21st. Wonderful campsite, surrounded on three sides by trees. We did have to spend one night at a different site because all the ones with sewer hookups were taken. Several left today, so we staked one out and moved over as soon as the previous tenants left. Apparently, that is common practice around here. There are a limited number of “sewer sites”, and the evening recreation is to go looking at the check out dates at each site and stake them out for possible possession in the morning. I suspect we got lucky in finding one right away. They do have a “honey tank” service that comes in 3 times a week to empty the black water tank at $25 a pop, but the gray water has to be emptied every couple of days, and that involves leaving your campsite for one of the gray water disposal sites all over the campground.
Yesterday morning, we discovered that we had a flat tire on one of the “duelys” in the back. Luckily there was a tire repair shop about a block away from the campground, and since it was one of a pair of tires on that side, we could drive to that shop. They dismounted and tested the tire, and couldn’t find anything wrong with it. The guy said that the valve stem core comes loose in these big tires occasionally, and that’s probably what the problem was – he tightened the cores in all 6 tires. In the meantime, we monitor the pressure pretty closely so we won’t get caught that way again. Again, what seemed like a major expensive problem was a quick and easy fix.
Today we are resting up after a couple of days on the road, and tomorrow we will make contact with my aunt & cousins nearby. The weather is a bit foggy in the morning and evening, but we have beautiful sunshine at the moment. It’s about 70 degrees outside and 66 in here. Michael is all bundled up in sweats, but I feel great!
G’day Vagabonds.
Well, we made it to Florence. We will be here until the 21st. Wonderful campsite, surrounded on three sides by trees. We did have to spend one night at a different site because all the ones with sewer hookups were taken. Several left today, so we staked one out and moved over as soon as the previous tenants left. Apparently, that is common practice around here. There are a limited number of “sewer sites”, and the evening recreation is to go looking at the check out dates at each site and stake them out for possible possession in the morning. I suspect we got lucky in finding one right away. They do have a “honey tank” service that comes in 3 times a week to empty the black water tank at $25 a pop, but the gray water has to be emptied every couple of days, and that involves leaving your campsite for one of the gray water disposal sites all over the campground.
Yesterday morning, we discovered that we had a flat tire on one of the “duelys” in the back. Luckily there was a tire repair shop about a block away from the campground, and since it was one of a pair of tires on that side, we could drive to that shop. They dismounted and tested the tire, and couldn’t find anything wrong with it. The guy said that the valve stem core comes loose in these big tires occasionally, and that’s probably what the problem was – he tightened the cores in all 6 tires. In the meantime, we monitor the pressure pretty closely so we won’t get caught that way again. Again, what seemed like a major expensive problem was a quick and easy fix.
Today we are resting up after a couple of days on the road, and tomorrow we will make contact with my aunt & cousins nearby. The weather is a bit foggy in the morning and evening, but we have beautiful sunshine at the moment. It’s about 70 degrees outside and 66 in here. Michael is all bundled up in sweats, but I feel great!