October 28, 2011
Cathedral City/Palm Springs, California
We left Lompoc yesterday morning, bidding the Elks
adieu. We'd planned to stay at the Elks
Lodge in Indio, which breaks up the 12-hour drive from Lompoc to Phoenix quite
nicely, but they're hosting some sort of RV Rally and are all booked up. Since we'd planned to catch up with our
Canadian friends, John and Kristine, anyway, we ended up staying a little to
the west, near Palm Springs. This
Outdoor Resorts park was one of the original developments, and it's a nice
park. We booked a space here for two
nights.
We'd made arrangements to catch up with John and Kristine
today for lunch, so it was a bit of a surprise for them when we passed their
site yesterday afternoon. We joined them
for cocktail hour (OK, they came to pick us up in the golf cart, since parking
at each site is tight), and then again for lunch today. We had a chance to catch up, as we haven't
seen them "live" since May of 2009, and compare notes on coach upgrades. It was good to see them...
This afternoon, I had great plans - for a nap. Unfortunately, I just happened to look at the
Rover and it was leaning to one side.
What the...? Yep, a screw in the
left rear tire, down to 10 PSI. I had to
make a quick trip to the Post Office to pick up mail this morning and noticed that
the ride was a little "loose" at highway speeds, so we must have
picked it up over the past few days. I
might have been able to pump it up and we might have been able to nurse it back
to Phoenix, but a quick search on Google Maps revealed that there is a tire
shop location of the chain we've used lately (Discount Tire/America's Tire)
right next door.
I fired up the air compressor, pumped the tire back up
and headed out. They confirmed that the
screw was too close to the sidewall to patch, and - surprise - they had a tire
of the right size (different brand) in stock.
They got me right in and within 45 minutes, everything was all swapped
out and, $33 poorer (I only have to pay to renew the warranty on the new tire)
and I was on the way home. Not bad...
1 comment:
Whew got all tired out reading this and enjoying your travels!
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