Yanks RV Resort
Greenfield, CA
Well the good news is we made it out of Amarillo
on Tuesday, September 27th.
We ended up staying an extra week to get all my doctor visits
out of the way.
All the results were fine except that I was diagnosed
with Type II diabetes.
Grrrrr... ;-(
I'm sure our lifestyle didn't help,
all the eating out we do,
we're not as active as we should be.
Genetics played a part as well.
My Mom and Grandma were both Type II diabetic
later in life, so maybe it was inevitable, who knows.
All I know is it's a wake up call!
George and I left Amarillo early,
and spent the night in a Walmart in Albuquerque.
It was a noisy one, but it did the trick.
The next day we planned on staying at a Flying J
outside of Flagstaff, AZ, but since we got
such an early start from Albuquerque,
George wanted to push on, and we would stay in Barstow, CA.
The scenery was beautiful as we headed west..
Everything was going just fine,
but 60 miles east of Barstow,
on I-40 westbound
our tire pressure monitoring system
started shrieking an alarm.
I literally had just checked all the pressures
for George, and bam, all of a sudden
the front passenger side tire on the trailer was at 33 psi.
Blowout!
George skillfully pulled to the side of the highway,
barely inside the solid line :-(
A blowout does a lot of damage!
We called Good Sam Roadside,
and 3 hours later, our spare on,
we were on our way again.
Pulling into the Flying J in Barstow at 9:30 pm
is no fun, for sure.
Good thing Denny's was open :-)
The next morning we pulled out bright and early,
and headed for Bakersfield.
My aunt and uncle live there,
and my uncle has some great connections.
He sent us to San Joaquin Tire and Wheel,
where we backed right in,
and got 4 new tires for Harvey.
If you ever need a great place with great service,
we highly recommend this place!
Since we were a day ahead of our destination,
We really like staying there when we're in the area.
George and I spent a few hours at my aunt and uncle's house
that night.
It's always nice to see them :-)
Our next adventure was to take the RV to Camping World
in San Martin, CA to get an estimate of the body work.
That took 3 hours as well!
We also had to drive the RV a mile away
to a metal fabricator to give his estimate because..
Finally we were able to leave and make our way south,
to a new place for us..
It's a lovely place!
All the sites are cement, with a side pad
with a picnic table,
and plenty of space for the truck.
Unfortunately they don't have a job for us here,
but will keep us in mind if something comes up.
Not sure how long we can stay at $972/month!
George may have to get a job at Lowe's :-)
The reason we are here is to help my Mom out some more.
She's doing a lot better, and looks fantastic!
She treated George and me, and my son Adam and his
girlfriend Jennifer to dinner last night.
I've spent most of today catching up on blogs,
doing laundry,
and figuring out budget numbers.
Today is also our 4th anniversary of full-timing!
I'll be doing a recap of this last year in the next couple of days.