Hi all. We made it into Meridian late today at 5:30 pm. Long day!
Our travel day from Ely, Nevada to Meridian, Idaho did not start out very well. We left the park at 7:45 am and about 1 mile down the highway Eric checked the tires and decided that another TowMax was separating so he was going to replace it with the truck spare. Unfortunately after much wiggling and jiggling he could not get the truck spare down. Something was jammed. Much stress!
Back to the tire shop in Ely for help. Eric went in to see the guys in the shop and in the end decided to replace the TowMax tires with light truck tires and give up on the trailer tires.
We need help. Eric is inside discussing what to do.
Eric has done much research and is comfortable with his decision. They only had three truck tires that would fit so three of the remaining four TowMax were replaced and the one that was left looked okay.
The tires are changed and we will be safe now.
While the tires were being changed I walked down the street and took a couple of pictures of the railroad buildings, the spring flowers and this old truck.
We will look for another truck tire in Meridian and we were on the road by 9:45 with 380 miles to go. Giddy up!
The angled street in McGill and this motor home rocked to the left and then….
straightened out. Much more visible when you are actually there!
Ruby Mountains in the distance.
Long, lonesome highway.
Ruby Mountains up close.
The rest of the day was good, not too much wind, warm (78F) and we were into the Boise/Meridian Koa by 5:30pm which wasn’t too bad. We even took our new route from Twin Falls along highway 30 which is a beautiful drive. I was too tired by this time to continue with my picture taking. Next year.
It is expensive at the park in Meridian (almost $40 per night) but it is well run, clean, lovely and a preferred stop for us. It is very central and has all the services nearby that we need. Favorite grocery store (Wino) huge Harley shop, tire shops, RV services etc. etc.
Beer, supper and bed.
you have had so much going on since you left Mazatlan, you must be tired but almost home and time to do your garden and settle down for a while until you start think of going back to mexico.
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ReplyDeleteWell we made it to Soap Lake yesterday and today I managed to edit and post my blog updates. Just relaxing for the day until we head into Kelowna tomorrow. The winter was great but this last month has been a bit much!
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