Day Twenty-two - June 1st

The Adventure REALLY Begins?

What a day! Rained early but we pulled over when the rain really got hard. Our carpet is still drying and we hope to find the source of the leak and have it repaired in Rochester, NY. While we were traveling we had a tire shred on the trailer leaving us on the shoulder of I-86 in southern New York. The highway was in terrible shape and long overdue for repair, which contributed to our flat.

Fortunately, two of the crew working on the highway happened along and generously offered to change the tire for us. They said too many accidents happen on this stretch of highway and we needed to minimize our exposure to the risk with a quick repair. They resisted payment but finally allowed us to give them something for their kind help.

Our destination for the night was only another thirty miles and is in Jamestown, NY. This city is famous as the birthplace of Lucille Ball. Again, circumstances conspired against us as we attempted to navigate through the city to our campground outside the Burbs. A bridge was out on the main route through town and our GPS detoured us to a route with a low bridge (one foot shorter than our total height). Luckily I noticed this fact just in time to escape to a side street and saved a very difficult situation in heavy traffic at best, and a disastrous accident of hitting the bridge at worst. Whew!

We are now at our campground for the evening and getting settled in. Have done my best to shore up some fender damage from the shredded tire but we will require some professional help setting things right. Kathy is baking something as a delicious follow-up to supper and it is beginning to smell interesting. It won’t be long now