Last Thursday we had to move to a different site in Las Vegas. The first membership park, the Oasis, only allows us to stay for a week at membership rates. The next park, Thousand Trails, allows us 3 weeks. So that makes our month in Vegas.
Okay, I first have to acknowledge that it was not 6 miles in 6 hours. The parks are 15 miles apart and it only took us 5 hours. So here's how our day went:
11:00 am: We hooked up the car and were ready to leave the site. I had check all the routine stuff and the tires were a bit low. We have a compressor in the motorhome, but the Oasis also had an air machine at the exit so we decided to just use theirs.
11:05 am: So we pulled up to the air machine , got out our quarters, and started filling the back tires. The air went from 95 psi to 90 psi. Not the right direction. So I figured I was doing something wrong and kept trying. By the time I was finished, the pressure in the tire was at 88 psi. Not good!!!
So we decide to just use our air compressor. We have a hose that extends from the front of the rig to the rear wheels. I hook it up to the compressor and start to stretch it to the rear. As I get about 1/2 back, Barb screams!! The hose broke into several pieces, hitting her in the hand. When the hose was stretched and then broke , the pieces flew with great forcce back to their orignial point , which was Barb's hand. I guess the hose was brittle from not being used too often. She was in a great deal of pain for about 15 minutes. After she felt better, we needed a new plan.
11:45 am: I went to the security desk at the exit, told them either the machine was not working correctly or I needed help. So they called on the walkie talkie for someone to come help.
11:50 am: Help arrives. He proceeds to take the air hose to the other tires on the other side of the rig, we put in quarters, he puts air in both tires, and then checks. The air pressure of those two tires are at 85 psi. NOW WE HAVE 3 TIRES AT 85 psi.
12:15 pm: Decision making time. Do we travel to the Oasis, 15 miles , with low pressure in three tires? ot a good thing to do. Do we drive the rig/car to the Problem is to get to the truck stop, we need to make a left turn and there is no left turn out of the park. So we would have to make a right turn and then find a place to make a U-turn, which is not an easy thing to do with a 40' rig towing a car. We decided to unhitch the car, park the rig, and drive the car the route we would need to take with the rig to check things out.
1:00 pm: Car is unhitched, motorhome is moved and parked. I go to office to get our $2.25 back. (It was the principle of the thing! And we were aggravated by this time.) Woman at desk gave me a suggested route to take to make the U-turn.
1:45 pm: We drive the suggested route, check out a few others, drive into truck stop to see where we can get air pressure. Talk to person in service bay. Return to the Oasis to get rig.
2:15 pm: We hitch up the car, leave park, take route for U-turn and arrive at truck stop at service area where air compressor is.
2:45 pm: When we pull up, we realize we cannot get close enough for hose to reach. So we need to unhitch the car. Car unhitched, we manuever the rig in close and I start trying to fill the air. No success. Service person comes out, offers to help, and says, "I like George Washington." It took as a few minutes to realize he wanted a tip. We say fine. He gets it to work. Now all four rear tires have 100 psi.
3:15 pm: We hitch up the car again. That is the third time today.
3:30 pm: We leave to go to Thousand Trails.
4:00 pm: We arrive Thousand Trails.
So that is our 15 mile drive that took 6 hours to drive.
RV'ing is Fun!!!!
Love and hugs,
Barb and Linda
No comments:
Post a Comment