Seven Months, 26,000 miles

It went by too fast, the last seven months.  We pulled the 5th wheel 12,500 miles and drove the truck alone 13,500 miles.  A little over $6,000 for diesel and another $6,000 for renting RV parking spaces.  Averaged 13 miles per gallon of diesel.  Small price to pay for all the memories. 

We are already thinking about future trips to Alaska, Arizona in the winter, and Washington State Parks.  Also would like to park it at a lake site for the summers.  In the meantime we will use it as a temporary home as we look for our non-mobile house.

I mentioned a close call on the last leg of the trip through California.  As we were pulling through LA, keeping up with busy traffic, I-5 was literally falling apart, huge cracks and holes and I had to drive through at 60 mph. That I night noticed a huge amount of wear on one RV tire in back. Later the next day as I was making a turn I saw that tire scraping, and found it worn to the wires at the next stop. Pulled into Les Schwab and replaced the tire and then made an appointment with alignment shop in Redding. Turns out both yokes holding the springs on each side had broken and was lucky that the tires had not blown or 5th wheel dropped off springs on I-5 at 60 mph. Got it all aligned, balanced, new wheel bearing on one wheel, packed all bearings and back on the road with only one day lost. Got heavy duty yokes replacing factory ones and the new ones have zert fittings so I can grease them and keep them strong. Whew! I can just imagine us trying to head up over the Siskiyous and have it break down there at 4700 feet in the snow. Better then new now.