Well Mike still felt the same way when he got up this morning so we packed everything up and headed out of Many. There was no one at the office when we left, as we'd been told, so we left our payment in an envelope and hit the road. Mike had called around this morning and got us booked into a the Double Heart RV park near Jasper, TX so the drive there should have taken about an hour and a half. I said should have because we didn't get to the park until about 5 hours after we left Many. The drive started out just fine, it was a beautiful Sunday morning, the roads were quiet (cos everyone was in church) and the road surfaces got a lot better once we crossed into Texas. We'd been on the road about 40 minutes when we went through a little town. As we were heading out of the town Mike managed to nudge the curb and we heard the thump; a few hundred feet down the road, I looked in the side mirror and noticed the smoke. We pulled over to find that the passenger side front trailer tire was flat, and the rim was a little buckled - so much for just nudging that curb! We have roadside assistance so Mike got on the phone with them. Two and a half hours after stopping a guy finally arrived and changed out the wheel for us. It wasn't fun sitting on the roadside, but at least we had food, drink and the toilet with us. Mike passed the time pumping air into the spare as it was way low after not being used for so long, and I just hung out and watched. All in all, besdies the wait, it wasn't too bad, we both stayed calm and even managed to smile now and then.
After the tyre was changed we drove the rest of the way to Jasper.



We got checked in and set up; again we didn't unhitch as we are leaving tomorrow. After having lunch we strolled over to the lodge to see if anything was going on. mike flipped on the TV as we don't have any at the trailer and the rugby world cup final (recorded) was on so I settled in to watch it while Mike went back to the trailer. I was just getting into the second half when a man named Ken from Louisville Kentucky came in and proceeded to talk to me through the rest of the game - I wish I wasn't so polite sometimes! Actually he was nice, maybe a little lonely I think but nice anyway so I talked to him for quite a while. When I was getting ready to leave the heavens opened and it absolutely poured down. I waited a while but it didn't look like stopping so I made a run for it. It rained for a good while longer before clearing up. Texas could really do with the water as everything is really dry here. The rain shower I'm sure was a welcome sight for a lot of people but they are going to need a whole lot more before they notice any difference.



Mike: How to make a long day out of a short one!