April 7, 2021

Time Changes

We are having time changes way TOO often! We left FL in the EST and from there it goes like this from March 10th – April 1

EST
CST
CDT when we “sprang ahead”

MDT daylight savings in Navajo Arizona and Utah
MST- Arizona- they do not observe Daylight savings time, and we hit this for only a few hours

Every now and then our “uneventful” days become eventful, and not in a way we would like! Heading towaards Waco, TX we had a flat tire on the trailer as we pulled onto the highway. Fortunately, the tire pressure sensor in the tires let us know as we dropped from 110psi, to 57psi and the 27psi as we found a spot to pull off the highway. No harm done, fortunately. It took us about an hour to change to the spare and off we went. Luckily, 6 miles from our next campground we found a tire store and they were great! Discovered it could not be repaired, put a new tire on and we were on our way! It Was so nice to get fast and friendly help. Then…always one more thing- we suspected we had a small, outside propane leak, but had not pinned it down. Clare checked every valve, hose and joint in the entire system and found it- a copper tubing flared fitting had not been flared enough at the factory. Into the little town of Coleman, TX to get parts and tools and Clare had it fixed.

We have been very lucky on the road- knock on wood- very few emergencies and so far all ones we could handle on the road. We have met several RVers that have had some pretty bad experiences on the road with tire blowouts, fridges and furnaces not working, etc. Of course, Clare has a small shop in the cargo bay and between that and his gearhead mind and an occassional youtube video, he can usually figure things out for us 🙂

A few sites along this part of our journey:

Fort Sumner, TX- a wall with all the local ranch and brands. Billy the Kidd was killed byt Sheriff Pat Garrett here and “supposedly” this is his grave with two of his buddies.