Adventure Location: Falcon County Park Texas
Adventure Date: 2-26-2023
There was no walk today due to a right knee being very unfriendly to the rest of the OFM body. We hope it calms down and behaves better tomorrow.
Among the small group of us ready to leave the heat zone we are in, everyone was getting ready to leave or gathering data to choose when to leave in the near future. Wednesday is supposed to be 100+F.
The OFM was one of them that started a slow get ready effort today and he got a big surprise.
While checking tire pressures the left rear tire on the Castle was flat. So the handicapped by his right knee OFM got busy and changed to the spare tire. It took a good bit more time than normal to do the change one legged but it was accomplished.
Now tomorrow we will be going to a tire repair location in Roma to get the tire repaired. We found a finishing nail stuck vertically into the tire right between the treads. It should be a simple plug or patch repair and the tire will be put onto the spare tire rack. So far that is the only trouble we found with the Castle before we could roll for San Pedro Campground at Lake Amistad near Del Rio Texas. There will be three of us from here congregating there for a few days. Keep in mind we are not traveling together so we will not arrive in a wad at one time. Too much independent spirit in this gob of folks for that to happen. The rolling distance for the OFM is about 275 miles taking about seven hours.
Not much exciting to talk about during get ready time but maybe that is good when getting ready to roll over the road trying to have tooooo much fun.
Safe travels. Becky
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
DeleteThanks for the smile. Again. You are good at giving me those. "Arriving in a 'wad'" and a "gob of folks." OFM has a great sense of humor. I get it that you don't want to conform to other people's itinerary as you are travelling. Much better to be on your own schedule. Good that you found the tire problem in time to handle it before starting time.
ReplyDeleteOne of my "given names" mentioned under the top of Texas pic in the blog is wandering meanderthall. The OFM has found his style of looking at everything to cause frustration in nearly everyone he meets. The best style that the OFM has found is that a group trying to travel together sort of is to agree on a general route and a final days destination. Since we all live in an rv full time and have smart phones, if one of us decided to stay somewhere in route, they get to do it and just let the rest of the group know so we will not worry when they do not show up until a day or so later. In most of the RVers of my type retaining your total freedom while traveling is very important to our happiness.
DeleteArgh. Flat tire and bad knee. Sounds like you conquered though. I'm still stunned that it's an almost 300 mile trip to Del Rio. I just don't have a good picture in my head of the state I've grown up in and lived in. No problem in my going 365 to Ft Davis or Houston....I know how far those place are. But north to south even though I've driven to Port Isabel, and up to Amarillo, somehow that number from Falcon to Del Rio just won't set itself in place in my mind. Of course I didn't do Amarillo -Port Isabel in one day. Ha.
ReplyDeleteI just checked Google maps and falcon county park to san pedro campground is listed at 270 road miles. My odometer usually comes in at about 275 on this trip.
DeleteI just checked Google maps and Port Isabel is 142 road miles from here. Yep TEXAS is big.
DeleteInteresting. The gang out in Arizona are looking for the warmest place to go and you and your group are looking for a cooler place. Glad we all have wheels so we can have these choices. Sorry to hear about your knee and your tire. Both are important to our funometer. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThank you. We are running high 90s over here at Falcon Heights.
DeleteAlways good to do a "pre-flight" inspection.
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