Regular Living Task – Eye Doctor Visit and New Tires for Truck

January 21, 2024 After the dealer told us we needed new tires, Bruce did a lot of research to determine the best tires to put on the truck. He didn’t want to continue to put the less than great tires that were original equipment onto the truck. (Two tires threw belts, one shredded in a […]

Determining Where the Leak Was on the Truck Roof

January 20, 2024 Bruce didn’t want to take the truck back to the dealership without determining what was leaking on the truck roof. Since we had rain coming, Bruce was trying to figure out how he could cover the sunroof. I suggested using a heavy duty garbage bag and wood blocks to hold down the […]

Truck Still Has Roof Leak

January 5, 2024 We had a good bit of rainfall overnight on January 3 (Wednesday night). When Bruce checked the towels that were still stuffed behind the backseat headrests, he discovered the low point towel was wet. We’ve still got water leaking into the cab during a heavy rainfall. The truck will have to back […]

Picking Up the Truck and Visiting Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

December 23, 2023 On December 20 (Wednesday), the dealer called to let us know the truck was ready to be picked up. We took Nox for a walk and I snapped this picture of the RV with the loaner car. The dealer fixed all the recall items, changed the transfer case fluid, and hopefully fixed […]

Getting the Truck Repaired

December 19, 2023 Last week, Bruce was able to get an appointment for Tuesday, December 19, to get the truck repaired. We really want to get the sunroof leak fixed. After the deluge we had on Saturday (December 16), the truck headliner was soaked behind the driver’s side rear seat. The back of the seat […]

Regular Living Task – Truck Oil Change

July 30, 2023 Cliff, the Big Red Truck, started telling us it needed an oil and oil filter change. Bruce decided the truck would’ve counted down to needing the oil and filter changed while we were towing the RV to Michigan. He was able to get an appointment to get the truck’s oil and filter […]

Truck Alignment Fine, Needed a New Tire

April 22, 2023 If you are following our journey, you know we recently left Alabama to go to Louisiana. We discovered a tire problem as we went through our checklist. We replaced the failing tire with the spare tire. On Monday (April 17), Bruce called around and found a place that would do a tire […]

River Ridge Retreat Pier in Guntersville, AL

September 11, 2022 I am trying to do more walking, but at the same time, I’m still taking it easy by making sure I walk on flat surfaces. Bruce is doing his best to help. He asked if I wanted to go to the pier. I thought about it, and told Bruce, I was willing […]

Rig Weight

August 23, 2022 One of my blog friends asked about the weight of the rig. I thought instead of replying in a comment, I would do a post. Dave and Tina Rayburn, Weighing Specialist proved a report after weighing the rig. On the tow vehicle, Cliff the Big Red Truck, here is the axel measurement […]

Getting the Total Rig Weighed

August 21, 2022 On Friday, we had the truck weighed. On Saturday, on our way out, we had the total rig (truck and RV) weighed. First, we had to dump everything in our tanks. Since our campsite didn’t have a sewer hookup, we had to use the dump station. Once Bruce dumped the tanks, he […]