Day 2:
We had a good day; started early and reached our favorite campground, Two Rivers Campground" in Nashville, TN, after about 11 hours on the road.
Day 3:
Ah, the last stretch of Bentley's first road trip! Seems like an easy day to anticipate, with about an 8 hour drive ahead. We got an early start, heading out of the campground at 6:30am - much to the dismay of all those not-so-happy campers around us. (Tis hard to sneak out of a place with the Series 60 Detroit Diesel 475 hp in this baby.)
First leg stretch we took at a rest stop in Kentucky, I was once again amazed at the outlandish behavior of some truck drivers. Now, mind you, I realize they don't expect to see some lady walking her golden retriever in a parking lot, but this guy pulled his semi into the rest stop at break neck speed, jumped out of the truck and stood behind his front tire to relieve himself. Guess he had to go. I pretended I didn't see him.
Back in the bus and on our way continuing north on Interstate 65 through Indiana at 72 mph. Now, don't they always say the worst happens near your home? At milemarker 254.2 about 70 miles from home, BOOM. Oh my gosh!!. I don't know what Bob thought, he probably knew what happened, but Bentley and I, on the other hand, were scared poopless (almost). We limped off the road and Bob went out to check and see that we blew a tag axle tire. Tag axle tire? (You'll have to ask Bob what that is) I thought someone hit us and took my Jeep with them.
Ok, so now what? Should we try to hobble to the next exit to get off the highway? No way Jose with the traffic speeding by us. After Bob thought awhile, he called our old pal Randy Theis who luckily hasn't retired quite yet from Ozinga Redi-Mix and he was able to get one of his guys to hook us up with a local tire repair service. Whew! Two hours later we were back on the road.
Last bit of the drive was the worst, construction traffic as usual in the Chicago area. Ah, but the rewards once we pulled onto White Oak Lane. What a beautiful site! Big trees, lots of green grass and room to roam.
We had a good day; started early and reached our favorite campground, Two Rivers Campground" in Nashville, TN, after about 11 hours on the road.
Day 3:
Ah, the last stretch of Bentley's first road trip! Seems like an easy day to anticipate, with about an 8 hour drive ahead. We got an early start, heading out of the campground at 6:30am - much to the dismay of all those not-so-happy campers around us. (Tis hard to sneak out of a place with the Series 60 Detroit Diesel 475 hp in this baby.)
First leg stretch we took at a rest stop in Kentucky, I was once again amazed at the outlandish behavior of some truck drivers. Now, mind you, I realize they don't expect to see some lady walking her golden retriever in a parking lot, but this guy pulled his semi into the rest stop at break neck speed, jumped out of the truck and stood behind his front tire to relieve himself. Guess he had to go. I pretended I didn't see him.
Back in the bus and on our way continuing north on Interstate 65 through Indiana at 72 mph. Now, don't they always say the worst happens near your home? At milemarker 254.2 about 70 miles from home, BOOM. Oh my gosh!!. I don't know what Bob thought, he probably knew what happened, but Bentley and I, on the other hand, were scared poopless (almost). We limped off the road and Bob went out to check and see that we blew a tag axle tire. Tag axle tire? (You'll have to ask Bob what that is) I thought someone hit us and took my Jeep with them.
Ok, so now what? Should we try to hobble to the next exit to get off the highway? No way Jose with the traffic speeding by us. After Bob thought awhile, he called our old pal Randy Theis who luckily hasn't retired quite yet from Ozinga Redi-Mix and he was able to get one of his guys to hook us up with a local tire repair service. Whew! Two hours later we were back on the road.
Last bit of the drive was the worst, construction traffic as usual in the Chicago area. Ah, but the rewards once we pulled onto White Oak Lane. What a beautiful site! Big trees, lots of green grass and room to roam.
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