New Tires

Yesterday we left Hinckley Minnesota after 13 days and went up to Carlton to get our new tires. Welll....another ISSUE!!!...Goodyear didn't send the right tires. It appears the factory is not making Marathon tires at this time. So..they very nicely sent different tires instead. Another decision to make...do we buy these Goodyear tires (Titan) and have 3 Titans and 1 Marathon on the house or do we buy 1 Titan to replace the blown tire and end up with 1 Titan, 1 Marathon and 2 Tow-Max.....Not really knowing that the best decision would be...we went ahead and bought the 3 Titans. We just knew we had to get rid of the Tow-Max tires.

So..we're running 3 Titans and 1 Marathon with a Tow-Max spare. We're going to buy 1 more Titan and use the Marathon as the spare and get rid of the Tow-Max completely once we're settled with the warranty company. They have decided they MUST see the blown tire before taking responsibility for them. We think since these tires have a known history of problems and we have blown out 2 in the past month that they should re-reimburse us for all of the tires. Not just for the two that have blown out. Irregardless I feel a little be safer now. I'm still pretty paranoid and watch the tires like a hawk. Every time we stop I'm checking the tires for increased heat or anything that just looks wrong. We're probably going to invest in a tire monitor system for the house next month. Then, at least we'll know when a tire loses pressure and hopefully can avoid more damage to the house. We were lucky this time the damage is pretty slight and Gary will probably fix it himself.

We stayed last night at CheTek River Campground in CheTek Wisconsin. This is a nice park right on the CheTek River. Mostly full of seasonal RVs that are very well maintained. We talked for a while with one of the seasonal RV'ers who used to full-time too. He had a new puppy his granddaughter named Odie. She really like Ellie and wanted to play but Ellie wasn't real interested.


Today we came south to Lake Delton. We're staying at Country Roads Motorhome and RV Park until Monday. We learned about this park from Terry and Nick Russell. Terry and Nick have been full-time RVers for many years. They have published several books and have a bi-monthly magazine about their travels. Check out Nick's blog for some interesting reading.

http://www.gypsyjournal.net/NicksBlog.htm

Well..we're going to check out the town..more later. Love to you all, Deb