The Big Screw

Jim tries to put air in the tire

We're in Toppinish, Washington tonight at the Yakama Nation RV Resort.  We almost didn't make it due to a little "adventure" we had this morning.  When we started to pull out of our site in Cascade Locks the tire monitor started beeping, telling us that something was wrong with the driver's side front tire.

Matt fixes the tire

Jim stopped everything and got out his handy-dandy air compressor. We had a flat.  As fast as he was filling the tire, air was hissing out.  Thank goodness for Google!  Kathe found a mobile tire guy at the Les Schwab  in Hood River.  Jim talked to him and ask if he could come the 16 miles to Cascade Locks and bring a new tire.  A new tire wasn't needed (he brought the wrong one anyway) because he found a screw stuck in the tire and was able to patch it on the spot. Are we lucky or what?  It could have been a big problem if it went flat while on the freeway.

A few days ago we heard a loud bump on that side of the RV while driving on the freeway. When we stopped and looked under the coach and didn't see any damage, but now we guess we must have run over a piece of wood with a screw in it and it just took a while for it to work it's way into a problem.

the big screw

So, at around 2:00 we finally pulled out of the KOA and hit the road.  Thankfully, nothing else that exciting happened today and we arrived here too late to do anything in town. Kathe took me out for a walk, now it's margarita time so I guess nothing else is going to happen now!  Too bad for them because there is an Indian Casino right across the street!