{"id":7,"date":"2014-11-12T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/12\/hello-from-evergreen-co\/"},"modified":"2015-05-04T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T12:39:59","slug":"hello-from-evergreen-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Evergreen, CO"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nHello from Evergreen, CO<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nDrafted Saturday morning, 
\nOctober 18, 2014   (second  post of this travelogue)<\/div>\n
\nPosted Wednesday November 12, 2014<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nNote:  Sadly, a few
\nhours after I worked on this draft, we learned that our nephew (Michael Spring) had been killed in a tragic ATV accident. 
\nHe was a wonderful 35 year old man full of life and it has been very
\nhard for us to even start to get back to our normal activities.  That said, I wanted to finish the
\ndocumentation the rest of our trip.  The
\nfollowing is what I had prepared for posting with only a few added details.<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWell, can you tell that I have writers block?  About my only excuse is that I was having fun
\nat the Eagle rally and in Iowa and did not find the time to post another blog
\nentry.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFirst I will try to catch up on Branson.  We went to two shows.  The first show was Mark Chesnutt.  That show was attended by most of the rally
\nattendees.  We also went to see Mickey
\nGilley.  You may recall that we went to
\nthe Gilley show the last time we were in Branson (two years ago).  At the time he was in the fairly early stages
\nof recovering from paralysis due to an accident in his home.  This time, his recovery was notably
\nbetter.  In spite of his physical
\nlimitations, both shows were fabulous.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOne of the rally attendees did an excellent job of
\ndocumenting the highlights on her blog:  (link)<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWednesday (10\/8\/14) we headed to Iowa.  That is about 400 miles.  We have done it in one day, but we chose to
\ntake a leisurely two day jaunt.  Good
\nthing, as we encountered more tow dolly problems.  We ended up staying at a Walmart in the north
\nKansas City area so that I could work on the dolly.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nLet\u2019s catch up on the tow dolly problems.  Just before we got to Branson, my walk-around
\ninspection revealed that we had lost an axle hub cover and most of the liquid
\nbearing lube was lost.  We unloaded the
\ncar and Pat drove it the final 30 miles. 
\nDuring the rally, I changed the hub covers to the Bearing Buddy
\ntechnology which is used on many boat trailers and is a grease based system
\nwith zerks on the hubs.  I also had to change
\nthe disc brakes and have the rotors turned. 
\nAll seemed well until we got close to KC and got a low tire pressure
\nwarning on the dolly.  Fortunately it was
\na slow leak and we were able to add some air and limp to the Walmart.  I changed that tire with one of the two
\nspares I carry.  Then, just before we got
\nto our destination in Iowa, we got another warning.  The newly mounted spare now had a slow
\nleak.  I changed that tire and we made it
\nto Prescott, IA (our Iowa home away from home). 
\nIt turns out that the two spares that had slow leaks were the tires that
\nhad to be repaired on our last trip to Iowa (road grinding debris caused
\npunctures in both tires on that trip – story here<\/a>).  This time
\nthe tire shop determined that the small tire size coupled with the high
\npressure (90 PSI) caused the tire repair system to fail.  We ended up buying two new tires.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWe had two fun events during our stay in Iowa.  The first was attending a play at the newly
\nrestored opera house in Corning, IA.  The
\n\u201cplay\u201d was really a musical related to Route 66.  It was a great show with fun music.  The restoration was well done \u2013 it is great
\nto see small towns devote the efforts and dollars to retain parts of their
\nhistory.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe other event was dinner at the Prescott fire station for
\nfire prevention week.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nDuring our stay, the weather was very cool and rainy.  Indeed, some evenings were cold enough I had
\nto turn on the heater.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBill and I worked on his daughter and son-in-laws
\nmotorhome.  It would not start and we
\nfinally diagnosed a failed fuel pump. 
\nUnfortunately the pump is in the tank and the tank is huge.  We were able to remove the tank (with a lot
\nof grunts and groans) and then drag it to the shop.  Bill got one of his tractors and lifted the
\ntank so that we could drain about 25 gallons of fuel (about 200 pounds) from
\nthe tank.  We ordered the replacement
\nfuel pump, but it did not arrive until after we left.  However, Bill and his son were able to
\ninstall the empty tank  without too much
\ntrouble.  Once filled with gas, the
\nmotorhome started right up.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOur trip home was uneventful.  We left Iowa on Wednesday (10\/15) and made
\nour usual stop in North Platte and then drove to evergreen the next day.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThat is all for this trip. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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