Another bump in the Road!

Literally!   Today we had a bump in the road.  We got up very early so we could be on the road by 6:30am.  On my final walk around inspection before leaving, I thought the tires on the right rear of the camper seemed to be riding a little low.  I pulled out my tire gauge to check it, could not get it to register, assumed, the tire gauge was sticking and drove off.  

Above: Typical day in the RV.

About 2 hous later we all heard a loud BUMP as we were driving down the road.  That bump would be the right rear inside tire coming apart.   But we were lucky.  Most of the tire stayed intact and it did no damage to the camper as it disintegrated.   We limped our way to the next exit.  Missy and I made a few phone calls using AAA and within minutes we had a repair crew being dispatched to our location.   The only thing left to do, was take a nap while we waited.

The repair man arrived about 90 minutes later and about an hour after that we were back on the road with 2 new tires not just one.  The damage to the other tire was fairly significant leading me to believe the first tire may have ruptured on our drive to St. Louis.    Important reminder to self.... If something doesn't look right, it's probably not right, so stop and deal with it right away.

After a long and hot 12 hour day we made it to our campground just 50 miles from West Virginia, had a wonderful dinner and then had our first campfire of the trip!  The fire bans all across the West made fires impossible and illegal.   We even had S'mores.  Yummy!

We also took note of the increased humidity.