All plans have been changed. We left SMR on Thursday, planning to have new tires installed at Freightliner on Friday and then leave for Needles, CA on Saturday. THAT WAS NOT TO HAPPEN.
The story on these tires has become very involved, but here goes. Last November we knew we needed new tires for the rig at a cost of about $400 per tire. Kirk, the rv service person at Freightliner, suggested we get them from Costco, save some money, and he would pick them up. He also suggested we wait until spring to get them. So we ordered the tires in March. When they came in, we discovered that the date code indicated that they were manufactured in march 2007. So we contacted Kirk last Monday and he did a rush order through his tire dealer to get new tires for us. They were supposed to come in on Friday.
Friday afternoon, Kirk found out the tires did not come in and would not be in until next Wednesday. Now our plan of spending a week in Needles was shot but in addition, our plans were to be in Vegas with the kids by Thursday. We decided not to wait until Wednesday, just in case they did not come in then. We went back to Costco, got their tires and are just hoping and planning that they will be fine. Salesguy there said the tires were from an air conditioned warehouse in Ontario, CA. But now we have to wait until Monday, tomorrow, before they can be installed.
So here we are this weekend in Freightliner's parking lot. Actually it has been quite restful. We did a little shopping, did a lot of paperwork that has been stacking up. Today, well, I do not know what we are going to do. There is a dog park nearby so we may take Bailey there.
That's our update as to our travels. We plan to leave here either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Not sure how far we will go.
Love and hugs,
linda and barb
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