The extended mirrors are in place. The hitch is attached to the car. The stabilizers are ready to connect. We will be off and running early tomorrow for home.
Today was quiet. We met with the park sales folks and visited a couple park models that are for sale to get an idea what they look like inside. Steve was not hard sell and we enjoyed looking at a couple different models and have a lot to think about down the road.
We are no where near ready to plant ourselves in Tucson, but when the time comes and we are ready for a big move and an end to the trailer travel, this place will be high on our list.
After the visit to the park models we headed back to the trailer to continue the process of figuring out what is going back to Michigan and what is staying aboard the trailer in Amarillo storage.
Joan watched her soap opera at 1 p.m. and then we headed out for what I believed would be a simple stop at a local RV shop to pick up a couple extra spring pins for my tool box. After bending an important spring pin for the hitch assembly I decided I would have a couple extras on hand so we would not be stranded for lack of a $1 pin.
So we plugged in the address of the nearest RV store and arrived about 2:30 p.m. Unfortunately, they had no pins. So we found a second RV store nearby and drove there and again struck out. A third RV store was unable to find the size pins we needed, but suggested a nearby tractor supply store.
Bingo! They had all but one of the pins that I needed and I already have a back up for that hardware.
So what I thought would be a short trip turned into a 90-minute adventure. On the way home we stopped at the nearest gas station to top off the Tahoe so we will be ready for the long haul tomorrow.
Not sure how the blogging will go for the next few days, but feel free to check in and see what if anything interesting happens on our way home, both with, and without, the trailer attached.
Thanks for following us on our adventure.
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