back to screws and splits

Ok, about a week ago (yep, this post is a bit out of order), we hopped on the bike, Greg realized right away that it wasn't driving right, so we checked the tire pressure. oh, bad news, the front was pretty durn flat. A guy at the campground had an air pump, so we filled it up. It seemed to do all right through the day... it lost a bit here and there, but nothing major. Then OOPS - after we get back to the camp, Greg sees a screw in the front bike tire. I didn't inspect it earlier, thinking that he would have done that. And he didn't think there was anything major wrong, since it was barely leaking, and it had been sitting a little weird on the trailer the prior day.

So we put the bike on the trailer and drove back to Albuquerque to get new tires put on. With the bike, if we put one new tire on, we usually do both. That way the wear and tear is more even, the bike rides better, etc.

So while that was being done, Greg looked at the bike trailer. OOPS, the rock shield in the front was coming loose - two welds were totally broken and one screw was snapped short. We found a guy who does welding work out of his house who fixed it for us right away. yay!

After picking up the bike, we headed back to our lovely campsite. About 3/4 of the way there, around 9:25pm, BAM. Aw, crap, what was that loud noise?! Yep, a tire on the RV blew the sidewall. It literally split open. OOPS! It wasn't shredding yet, so we limped to a safe place to pull off the road, and had a tow guy come and take it off and put our spare on. The next morning we drove back to Albuquerque to buy a new RV tire and have it put on.

What a waste of two days!!! BUT... nothing serious happened to either vehicle, and we're safe and sound. So all is good.