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Friday, June 1, 2007

Heading North!

June 1, 2007
Jacksonville, FL

We were finished up with the coach alignment earlier than expected today so we're headed north! We "dry camped" (no hookups) outside the facility's gate last night and all was well until about 3:30 AM when I heard another motor running. It was a "car carrier" truck (a converted 18-wheeler with all sorts of racks and lifts for hauling about 10 cars). It was lit up like a Christmas Tree with running lights and had an on board generator that actually sounded like a gas (not diesel) model. We had our generator on all night for the air conditioning, and ours was definitely a lot quieter. As it turns out, it was a couple with a new addition: a little girl who couldn't have been more than a month old. They made an impression in the alignment shop's waiting room (not sure when the last breast feeding in there was).

We had all three axles aligned (steer needed adjustment and drive + tag were OK), had the steer and tag tires shaved to round and re-balanced, and the Centramatic automatic wheel balancers installed. Everything was done just about noon (started a little after 7 AM); I'd expected it to take most of the day. It probably would have taken longer if more adjustment was needed.

We spent the morning staying out of way. We had breakfast at Denny's (in Dave's honor) and Geri made arrangements for the pups to have a "tubbie" at PetsMart. The coach was actually ready before the dogs! We picked up a few things at Wally World, Lowe's, and Sears (clothes, not tools for a change!) and were back on the road north before 2 PM.

Tonight, we're staying at the same park as Tuesday/Wednesday. It's on I-295 on the north side of Jacksonville, a few miles from the I-95 junction. We're all set for the trip up to DC, so the next blog post will probably be Sunday.

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