Tire Day

Last night Van checked the tires and learned that one of the tires was 15 lbs low. He tossed and turned all night stressing about that tire. First thing, we found a mobile tire repair company who arrived in about an hour. The gentleman was real friendly and checked the tire by putting water on it, not jacking up the tire, and determined that Van had been using a cruddy tire gauge, which was letting the air out of the tire.  Van explained we were of our way to Austin and Dallas, and he "guaranteed" that we would not have problems, but he did tell Van what tire gauge to buy.   Van paid top dollar at the truck stop for this gauge and checked the tires. We had only gone about a 100 miles max. Lo and behold, the tire was 15 lbs low again.  You need to remember that before we started the trip we had a fender bender and had to go to the shop in Wildwood for repairs. While there, the man showed us a RV that had had a blow out. It had done about $100,000 worth of damage. All RVers know that the tires are the crucial element to a trip.  So all we could imagine, was having a blow out.  We found a Goodyear Tire Store right off the interstate and headed to see them. The road in front of their shop was closed due to construction and we were routed several miles but finally came across their back entrance. They inspected the tire and determined that the valve stem was leaking but didn't want the liability of jacking up the motor home.  They sent us down the road to a other place. After going to the front office and filling out our life history in paperwork, we were introduced to Pedro who knew as much English and Van knows Spanish, which is nada.  Pedro confirmed that the valve stem was in fact leaking which necessitated both rear side tires being removed, with the inside tire being broken down so that a new valve stem could be put on. For those of you who dont know, valve stems on motor homes and 18 wheelers are different than those on a car. Pedro appeared to be very thorough and, after about hour and $40 later, we were back on the road again.  Now Joy and Monet had to sit inside the motor home each time they worked on it without any a/c running.  They were
ready for the a/c to be back on. Van was in the shop with Pedro and his friend and he gave both of
them bottles of water.  They were probably  as hot as me and Monet.  We failed to mention that the first repair man who had "guaranteed" our safety was in a hurry to get to the hospital because his mother was having stints put in.  As he was leaving, Van had prayer with him for  his mothers recovery.  We are now on the outskirts of Dallas in a "campground" called Hi-Ho, which the name is befitting.  There is no cable, but Van is able to get 5 channels through the antenna.   The website said 
there were not any extended stays.....they lied!  I think we are the  only ones who are not here on an extended stay!  After supper, Van plans on using his new tire gauge. Will he sleep tonight?  The real question is will we be safe?