07/05/13-Texas City bound for New Orleans...well at least that was the plan!
Bright and early, we are even ahead of schedule...we are on the Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown on our way to New Orleans. Whilst on the cruise, we had 10 injectors replaced on our truck(at the cost of a very decent diamond ring or several tons of chicken breasts, I might add). Picked up the truck, everything appeared honky dory.
We passed this huge oil refinery whilst on the bridge; a few miles out there was an awful clattering from the truck engine. The engine dies amidst a plume of thick white smoke...luckily for us we managed to pull over safely and not cause any traffic obstruction on the highway.
We called Passport America and wait for the tow truck. We also called our friends Bev and Kent to let them know what had transpired. They thought they had finally got rid of us....no such luck!
Kent and Tom with Al...Passport America will only tow the truck free as part of its programme. We had to pay for the towing of the 5th wheel.
Yep....we had a tyre blow out on Al. After many days waiting for the truck to be fixed, we again say good bye to Bev and Kent and continue our journey to Louisiana. By now, I am sure we are beginning to smell like fish that's more than several days old...we have so overstayed even though our friends have been so gracious and kind. Besides, we are eating them out of Klondike ice cream bars!!
This time, we call Good Sam for help....after another wait of about 40 minutes, we got the tyre changed. I am beginning to get real familiar with the roadkills on the highways.
The 5th wheel had picked up debris and it had ripped the tyre open....yes sirree-we had a Concord episode.If you remember, that's what caused Concord to crash in a devastating fashion and loss of many lives.
There appears to be more permanents at a lot of the RV parks we've been in. The rust bucket on the right of the photo was parked next to a lovely Open Range 5th wheel.
The approach to the Bayou Wilderness RV Park.
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