Good Week! Bad Week!

In Tennessee we had a wonderful week with (sister) Paula and (brother-in-law) Terry.  They have a home in the hill country of Tennessee in a golfing community.  We spent time with friends Bruce and Margaret and were able to leave the trailer in the parking lot of Bruce's truck sales business so we could stay stay with Paula and Terry.                                                                                                                                     




Paula & Terry's home in Fairfield Glade, TN



Scenery from golf course

 A new little 10 week old puppy kept us all running!  He even intimidated Chico and backed Chico into a corner more than once.

Chance and Chico

                                                                                            
Bill and I spent an afternoon wine tasting at a couple of local wineries.  Of course, we had to buy some to take with us.  We spent an afternoon with Paula, Terry, Margaret, and Bruce, riding around a lake on a pontoon boat looking at the gorgeous scenery, golf courses, and beautiful homes.  Another afternoon I went out on the golf course with the golfers.  No, I didn't play, just rode along and took in the scenery!

The golfers, Margaret & Paula



The pontoon boat, guess who was at the helm! Also here are Terry and Margaret.


















Well, that was the good week!  We left there on Thursday and headed for Scott AFB in Illinois, which should have been an east 7-8 hour day on the road.  About an hour from the base we heard a big noise and pulled over to the side of Interstate 57.  We saw tire debris all over the road and thought we had hit a piece left from a truck.  On closer look, we had a tire with no tread and a big hole in the floor of the trailer.  The gas line to the refrigerator had been broken, the plumbing to the bathroom sink was totally gone, and a big hole in the floor of the trailer where the wheel well should have been.  Yikes!

We called the insurance company and they sent out a tow truck to tow the trailer to an RV center that did enough repairs to get us safely back on the road in 2 days ..... Thank you USAA and Larry's RV Center near Marion, IL.  The other 3 tires were found to have separating tread so all 4 tires had to be replaced.  The kicker is that we put 4 new tires on in 2009.

We have made it to Omaha, NE, on Sunday afternoon  and are back on schedule.