Saturday, June 4, 2011
Lake Keomah SP, Oskaloosa, IA: 5/23
We started out this fairly short move with plenty of extra water along, just in case. That turned out to be a good thing, since Doug had to add water every 30 miles. Obviously the problem was not fixed, but Doug could see where the water was coming out (on top of the engine block). We made it to the SP where we had planned to camp for a few nights, but found nothing suitable that was available through the weekend. Since we didn't know how long the truck might be out of service, we wanted to get somewhere we could stay for the whole weekend.
This SP has only 3 non-reservable spaces with electricity. They were all available for the weekend, and they all involved difficult, if not impossible backing maneuvers. We tried backing into one, but Willie called it off since the truck was starting down the very steep hill off of the very narrow one-lane road. Doug also noticed a troubling clunking sound coming from the right front wheel of the truck. We called around and found a county park 30 miles down the road in Knoxville with available sites and decided to head there the next morning, despite our dislike of one-night stops.
This SP has only 3 non-reservable spaces with electricity. They were all available for the weekend, and they all involved difficult, if not impossible backing maneuvers. We tried backing into one, but Willie called it off since the truck was starting down the very steep hill off of the very narrow one-lane road. Doug also noticed a troubling clunking sound coming from the right front wheel of the truck. We called around and found a county park 30 miles down the road in Knoxville with available sites and decided to head there the next morning, despite our dislike of one-night stops.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 1:21 PM 
