Where Are We Today
Pilot Knob RV Park
I thought I should write something,
before my blog disappears off the bottom of all my followers side bar.
We have been here at Pilot Knob for a
month, tomorrow we are pulling up stakes and moving on. So today, I spent the
better part of it, getting ready to go.
First thing was to dump our holding
tanks and give them a good back flush. In the morning we will have showers and
do a quick dump to make sure they are empty, as we will be boon docking for the
next three weeks.
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| Dumping the black tank and back flushing |
Next on the list was to check the tire pressure and torque the lug nuts on the trailer and the truck.
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| Using my Viair air compressor that I got in Quartzsite last year. |
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| Checking the trailer lug nuts torque. All good! |
Two of the trailer wheels needed a little
air added and one of the truck tires needed some.
The truck tire was the inside dual wheel on the driver's side. The last time
the wheels were off, the outside wheel was put on without lining up the whole
in the rims, so I couldn't get the pressure gauge or the air nozzle on the valve
stem. To solve that problem, I had to
get the never used jack out to jack up the truck, remove the outer wheel, add
air and then replace the outer wheel, lining it up so the inner valve stem is
accessible.
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| When done, all tires were at 65 psi. |
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| Outer wheel removed. |
With those big jobs out of the way, I
still had the weather station to get off the roof, put away the satellite dish,
fold up our mat, fold up Pat's bike and stow it in the back of the truck and
take down the flag pole.
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| Pat's bike folded down and in it's bag |
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| Both bikes put away in the back of the truck |
A couple of weeks ago in a strong wind, the
flag pole snap at the top bracket that holds it up. The other day I bought a
piece of 1 3/8 dowel to repair it with, so I got that done also. Cutting the
dowel to length, mixing up some 30 minute epoxy, I slipped the dowel in both
ends and let dry. We will see at our next destination how it holds up.
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| Broken |
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| Epoxied and slid together |
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| Wrapped with masking tape until dried |
One last thing, just after I started
to write this, I remembered that I hadn't filled the fresh water tank. A quick
trip outside to get that started and now it is done.
That's it for now, thanks for not
giving up on me. Until the next time, take care and travel safe. Comment if you
wish, always like to read them.
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| Good night from Pilot Knob. Borrowed the picture from Patsy. |