I left on my journey early Sunday morning the 17th.
First thing I saw just before putting my grand kids into the car was my little
trailer was leaning too much to one side so some last minute repacking had to be
done. Once I was able to rebalanced it, then we were off.
On our way to the first planed overnight stop my tail pipe
came loose. Thankfully I brought some bailing wire with me. I was able to do a temporary
fix at one of I5’s rest stops; once I came into a town of size I was able to
get the proper strapping from O’Reilly’s Auto. I’m sure glad my 4Runner is far
up off the ground, it made it easy to crawl up under it.
Spend two nights on the beach at Tillicum Camping Grounds. The
beach was long and wide the kids loved exploring it and building a driftwood
fort. We had typical Seattle weather cold, rainy and windy. The camp ground was
clean and well maintained. We were so close to the beach we heard the waves
loud and clear all night long.
My right rear wheel started leaking some oily stuff. I again
crawled under it to look from where, but couldn’t tell. So once I got to Eugene
(Oregon) I stopped at LES SCHWAB’s and had them check it out for me. It was my
axle seal, so they are working on it now. It does pay to build good relations
with them at home; you never know when you will need them on the road. This
delay will put us in late to San Francisco, but better late than broken.
