Just to get this out of the way first: yes, it is a Dennie trip in the camper and yes, we had a flat. We like to keep things exciting-basically, Robby and I have ulcers, high blood pressure, and some mental health issues because of the wheels on this camper.
I'll go back to the beginning of the day in a bit, but as soon as we pulled out of the street, Robby started wondering if something was wrong. The camper seemed vibrate or shake a little bit or at least a little more than usual. But now, here's the thing: are we just paranoid or was it really shaking?
We don't know, still don't know. It wasn't bad, but we did stop twice pretty early on in the trip double check and triple check the look of the tires. Tires were all fine, and he even stopped to check the lug nuts just to be on the super safe side. We think (hope, pray) that the tires just need to be balanced or ....there was something else Robby said too, but I have forgotten what that was - maybe an alignment.
So we were feeling good about that issue and rolling on down the road. And then that blasted tire monitor thing started beeping. I'm sure Robby feels like spewing some curse words whenever he hears that-I certainly do. We found a spot to pull off the road-kind of-and went to work.
I had to wake Anderson up to move his feet so I could get the jack, so he came out and helped us. It was on the tow dolly once again. To change that we do have to take the car off which adds a few steps, but we were done in 20 minutes or less.
That silly tire looked perfectly new though. When I rolled it back to the car, I tried to find something but couldn't. When we did make it to the campground, Robby aired up the tire and looked some more-it is the valve stem which makes it the second tow dolly tire we have had with a faulty valve stem. Robby even buys the better tires for the dolly too.
However, at the end the day with a day like today-we can say that it is all still 100% worth it. I mean, we would definitely enjoy camping more if the tires actually worked the entire trip! But the kids were in the best mood today-they have talked, played, and laughed. It has been a good trip already-I could actually go home now and be happy!
And even before we left town, it was already a good day. Today was our last day of teaching Sunday school (for awhile), plus we weren't even in the class because Whitman had a celebration to go to. The Children's department had a special time for the 5th graders-there was breakfast, a slide show and even a few games.
We then had lunch at Grannymom and Grandpa's house. She pulled out all of the favorite foods-pizza and oreo delight. We then hurried home, so we could start our trip towards Branson.
Once we did get here, the kids all played ball and walked Bentley. Then we ran to pick up some supper-Taco Bell for most, a leftover Sonic burger for Whitman, and McDonalds for Anderson. Of course, our fast food wasn't fast, but it was pretty good still.
The dog has had a few walks and now we are all bedded down for the evening! Tomorrow starts early.
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