Ever Been on A Road Trip From Hell?
I never had such a road trip until the last two weeks. The first day out, we made it to Gallup, New Mexico relatively unscathed. The next day, sustained 55 mph winds with 75-86 mph gusts derailed our plans, nearly derailed our fifth wheel, and put us a day behind, not to mention destroying a window in the trailer. After a pickup truck and trailer were flipped over ahead of us by the wind, we pulled off in Flagstaff, the wind was way to scary to continue.
The next day we made it to Las Vegas where hubby attended ConEx, a construction conference. At the trailer, I did a final check on A Warlock’s Secrets and sent it back to my editor. Should have a release date soon. A reveal of the swoon worthy cover and exciting blurb are on the horizon! I can’t wait for you to read it! We played tourist with friends, local to Las Vegas, visiting the dancing fountains of the Bellagio and attending a performance of the Cirque Du Soleil show KA. Fantastic show! After we finished up in Vegas, it was on to California and disaster struck again.
As we headed down the highway, passing through Bakersfield, a trucker pulled along side us and waved — pointing to our trailer. We pulled off at the next exit to find smoke rolling out from behind the right front wheel of our trailer. Thank God for truckers. Upon further 
examination the bearing had failed and melted to the axle. Now these bearings had less than five-hundred miles on them. It was Friday at 5:00 p.m., all the parts places were closed, so we limped our trailer on three wheels to A Country RV Park approximately 2.8 miles away. What luck to find one so close! We couldn’t have asked for a better place. The staff were friendly and very helpful!
Saturday morning bright and early hubby started calling RV Parts places. He learned that an axle needed to be ordered and would take a few days to arrive, since the warehouses wouldn’t open until Monday. Being a glass half full type of guy, hubby went outside and re-inspected the damage, made a couple of phone calls and yanked out the trusty tools he always packs on our travels. After a visit to an RV parts place and several hundred dollars, he had the parts to fix the damage. Yea!!
Nope that was not all. As my hubby began work on the axel, I received a phone call informing us a good friend had a heart attack and was being rushed to the hospital. My heart sank. Back to the mechanical situation – a few bouts of expletives from hubby and four hours later we were on our way again.
Finally we arrived at our destination in California, visited a few days with relatives, and traveled on to Riverton, WY to meet up with friends, then home to Colorado without further complications. The daffodils, crocus, hyacinth and tulips in our yard are bravely poking their sprouts above ground. Spring is here along with it a lot more camping adventures (as soon as we get a new window). FYI, our friend survived her heart attack and is on the road to recovery! So as they say, (never figured out who they are… but…) all’s well that ends well. Thankfully! Have you ever had a road trip like this?
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