August 5, 2012

We had no idea what trials were in store for us when we woke up this morning.  We left Camping World in Calera, AL.  About an hour into our traveling towards Nashville, I was cut off by a car and had to swerve into the next lane.  I must have had an angel riding with me because there was no one in the lane.  But I had a hard time gaining back control of the car as it fishtailed.  My heart was racing and my hands were shaking but I count my blessings that I was able to gain control and continue on. 

Shortly after that incident, as I was following Monte, I had tire tread come at me.  I tried avoiding it but was unable to and went over it. Then I noticed water pouring out of the back of the RV.  I called Monte to ask him if he had run over the tire tread also and he said, what tire tread?  That is when I started to suspect that maybe the tire tread was from the RV.  I told him to pull over when it was safe.  Sure enough we lost the tread from one of the RV tires.  It also tore a hole in the membrane of the bottom of the rv as well as the drip hose for the water tank.  We were able to go to a close by gas station and call AAA.

  It took the driver, (Travis—a wonderful guy—thanks Travis) to come to our rescue.  He only had a floor jack and was unable to raise the R V. 

 

Luckily Monte had a bottle jack that did the trick.  In the meantime I had called some RV camps near where we wanted to be in Nashville but the prices were outrageous.  So we went to Camping World in Nashville and parked in the parking lot.  No services.


This is our first experience Boon docking.  (Camping without plugging in and no water)  We are a little nervous about what the damage might be but as I keep saying—It is all part of the experience.