Oct 18–The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

As you can maybe tell from the title, this day didn't go according to plan.  We made a grand total of 37 miles today, from Sheridan, WY to Buffalo, WY.  So here's the story:

First, the bad--I woke up in the middle of the night, sneezing my head off.  This morning, I had a full-blown cold, sneezing, runny nose, and all that "stuff".

The ugly--as we were getting ready to leave the campground this morning, Ted did a walk-around inspection of the vehicles and noticed that there was a big bald place on one of the inside dual tires.  Not wanting to become a statistic of some kind, we determined that new tires were probably in our future.

 We found a TireRama in Sheridan that had the right tires and could install them today. Apparently when we bought the RV, the seller had taken the front tires off and put them as the inside back dual tires, then put new tires on the front and outside back (where we could see them). 

In order to get the new tires put on, we had to unload the van, and unhook the tow dolly.  When the tire change was finished, we had to reverse the process (a 45 minute project each time).  Then when we hooked the tow dolly & van up after the tire change, the running lights wouldn't work on the dolly or the van.

The good--God showed us the tire problem before it became a really big problem, we were able to get the tires replaced in a timely manner, and when we stopped in Buffalo at Bighorn Tire to get the torquing checked on the tires, they also had someone who could fix the running lights!  We found a good campground in Buffalo, and are settled in for a good night's sleep.