The trip was going so well. Today we started the drive back to California. Then, this afternoon, bad news, good news, bad news, good news, bad news....
- Flat tire on the RV - bad news
- Another traveler notices it and points it out to us before it does too much damage to the 5th wheel - good news
- Progressive Insurance gets us road service quite quickly (one hour) - good news
- We have to buy a new spare - bad news ($90)
- There is a tire store at the next exit who has one - good news
- We get to our campsite an hour later (60 miles) and the brand new spare is GONE!!! fell off. not installed correctly. Rick is back on the road here at 6:30 hoping to find it (that should take two hours, and he probably won't find it.)
Update:
GREAT NEWS: after 2 hours and over 100 miles of driving, Rick DID find that new spare tire lying on the side of the road about 20 from where it was improperly stored on our RV!! Don't know how he spotted it, in the dark AND with the rain, but, he did! whoo hoo!
More good news is that the RV was only slightly damaged by the blown tire. Most times the tires damage the underside of the RV. The white wheel itself was barely damaged, which is also amazing. We'll know more when we get home and can take a better look.Insurance should pay for it.
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More good news is that the RV was only slightly damaged by the blown tire. Most times the tires damage the underside of the RV. The white wheel itself was barely damaged, which is also amazing. We'll know more when we get home and can take a better look.Insurance should pay for it.
.JPG)
