We woke to our alarms at 6 this morning. I don't like hearing alarms ringing in the morning. Robby stirred first, while I tried to decide if I could just lay in the back while he drove us on towards home. I didn't do that though and instead got ready and took the dogs out.
We then started on our way. The day went incredibly smoothly. Actually, all of our travel days have gone smoothly. We never once said anything to each other about tires this whole trip because we did not want to jinx anything. Robby's tire pressure monitoring system never went off, and I wanted to ask him the whole time if he had just turned it off (I could see that it was on!)
Even though we had no tire problems at all this trip, we still changed a tire today. Robby had to stop to potty at a rest stop when we were already in Arkansas (we had stopped before too). When he was walking to the camper, he noticed that the trailer tire was a little bare and was showing some of the cords. We pressed on though towards home.
After a while though, he said that maybe he would change the tire to be on the safe side. Changing a tire in a gas station parking lot under a tree is a lot easier than changing it on the side of the interstate. He took a exit in a few miles, and I started the timer (I didn't tell him about my timer.)
I got the jack, and Robby had to remember how to put the jack together which seemed to take the longest of all the parts. Then he unscrewed the thing a ma bobs and picked a tire from the trunk (yes, we carry two spare tires for the trailer.) In no time, he had the new tire on, and I put the jack up while he aired up the tire. We were back on the interstate within 24 minutes which I think is pretty impressive.
Soon we were rolling onto Jacqueline. We had the kids help unload the camper, and with their help we were finished with in an hour for sure. They did a lot of bringing it in the house so when I came in, I had a lot of things to put up. That was fine though because I just steadily worked on that all afternoon.
I am also steadily working on the laundry! Usually, we use both washing machines, but the second one is up the stairs so I'm not sure it is really worth all of that! It will all get done when it gets done! Campbell headed out to play volleyball and to Sonic tonight while Robby and I went to the Wilson's house for supper. Keaton and Whitman stayed here and vegged out for a bit.
I will try to do a trip by the numbers post tomorrow. However, I will tell you now that we hiked almost 40.5 miles on our little trip!
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