An interesting day today...sort of. We woke up early this morning to a -5C temperature. That's all well and good as we have heaters in the RV, but we had no water. It was first noticed when we tried to flush the toilet in the middle of the night. Oh oh. Something froze.
After the sun came up, Gerard was able to determine it was the RV park's water tap that was frozen...and our short hose wasn't short of some ice in it either. We make sure the pipes in the RV are fine by heating it (also heating us). It wasn't long after the sun came up though the tap was fine and we finally had some water.
So we're all packed up and ready to go and I commented to Gerard the one tire on the RV seems awfully flat. So we got out the handy-dandy tire pressure gauge, and sure enough - only 12 psi, when it should be 50 psi! We have dual axles, so we pulled it up to the front office area, and the guy there was very helpful. He had a compressor, and used it to put air in the tire. Then gave us directions to Discount Tire about 11 miles down the interstate.
We found it easily and within 45 minutes, they jacked up the RV, took the tire off and checked it, put some sealant around the rim and replaced the valve stem, put it back on, and they made sure all the tires were good, and we were off again. Best part...NO CHARGE! And, if we have a problem with that tire again, we take it to another Discount Tire and they'll fix it free of charge. Great deal, and we will definitely use them again...perhaps to purchase new tires for the RV and get rid of these "Chinese tires" (no offence, but they're not known for quality).
So off we went. Within the first hour, we drove by Fort Worth and Dallas.
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We're staying at an RV park right next to a casino. So we thought we'd check it out...and wish we hadn't.
This is how Tibby likes to stay warm.
Tomorrow we're off to Mississippi...finally through with Texas for a long while!
After the sun came up, Gerard was able to determine it was the RV park's water tap that was frozen...and our short hose wasn't short of some ice in it either. We make sure the pipes in the RV are fine by heating it (also heating us). It wasn't long after the sun came up though the tap was fine and we finally had some water.
So we're all packed up and ready to go and I commented to Gerard the one tire on the RV seems awfully flat. So we got out the handy-dandy tire pressure gauge, and sure enough - only 12 psi, when it should be 50 psi! We have dual axles, so we pulled it up to the front office area, and the guy there was very helpful. He had a compressor, and used it to put air in the tire. Then gave us directions to Discount Tire about 11 miles down the interstate.
We found it easily and within 45 minutes, they jacked up the RV, took the tire off and checked it, put some sealant around the rim and replaced the valve stem, put it back on, and they made sure all the tires were good, and we were off again. Best part...NO CHARGE! And, if we have a problem with that tire again, we take it to another Discount Tire and they'll fix it free of charge. Great deal, and we will definitely use them again...perhaps to purchase new tires for the RV and get rid of these "Chinese tires" (no offence, but they're not known for quality).
So off we went. Within the first hour, we drove by Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Just one of several spaghetti junctions.
I've been to DFW airport a couple of times, but I didn't need directions to it.
They like to name their roads after Texas Presidents.
But I bet our neighbour didn't know they'd named a road after her!
And now we're in Bossier City, Louisiana (burb of Shreveport).
We're staying at an RV park right next to a casino. So we thought we'd check it out...and wish we hadn't.
This is how Tibby likes to stay warm.
Tomorrow we're off to Mississippi...finally through with Texas for a long while!
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