End of the summer so it's off to Southwest Harbor on Mt Desert Island for Labor Day weekend. Same campground as usual, Smugglers Den. Lois and Jim are here also. Carol and I have been looking forward to getting back to Mt Desert Island unfortunately we had a couple of obstacles before making it here. First one appeared before getting out of the yard. After getting most every thing loaded up on board the camper I hopped into the truck to hookup the camper to... tickity, tickity, tickity, tickity... battery dead!?! No time to mess with it - removed the battery got in the car and down into Windham, stopped at auto parts store, swapped the old bought a new one, installed the new one - OK ready to start again. Carol had gotten home from work, a few more things to do and an hour behind schedule but we were on the road. Zipping up the Interstate as much as one can hauling a trailer, making good time a thudding sound catches out attention - glance out the passenger side mirror shows a plume of gray and a chunk of the camper's decorative trim flapping in against the siding. On the verge panic, traffic heavy around us I signal onto the breakdown lane breaking as I go and come to a stop beyond a highway entrance ramp. Cautiously getting out of the cab Carol and I meet at the back end of the trailer cars and trucks whipping by at least doing 70 mph plus feeling the camper sway as the larger vehicles pass by a few feet away. Well, the back tire of the two on the right side had blown and the piece of loose trim had dragged away some of a slideout's wiring before before disappearing far behind us.
Called our road service, said the RV was not covered on our plan. We had not even thought about before but they sent someone out to change the tire. Something I'd done before but under the circumstances without our heavy duty jack we figured let a pro handle it. The expose wiring turned out not to be damage so I bunged it up to a cross bar. Once that was over we made to the campground after dark and were able to setup enough to call it a day. supped on crackers cheese, hummus and wine then hit the sack.
Like Memorial Day weekend we had taken Thursday off extending the entire weekend a bit, the weather though has been on the cool side, not bad when we are on the move. Friday dropped off the blown tire with the rim to a local tire shop for replacement. later we met up with Lois and Jim for at a local cafe for lunch where we met Ryan a grandson of a great uncle of Carol and Lois. Later was happy hour at 2nd cousin John and Linda's as is a regular event when visiting the island. While there I received a call that my tire was ready so made the trip to pick it up and put behind us. I'll replace the spare once we get back home. Pretty much the same as Memorial Day weekend.
Yesterday Carol I drove back to the mainland to check out a portion of Acadia National Park on Schoodic Point. Large scenic rocky coastline area where we had brought a packed lunch we enjoyed on the rocks looking out to sea. Cool but not too bad, it was worth the trip.
In the evening it was back to John and Linda's for dinner featuring fresh crab rolls. I ate three, more crab then I've ever eaten at one sitting. Today it's been a lay back day, incoming rainy weather for evening into early tomorrow morning. I set up the grill to cook burgers for us and Lois and Jim then Carol and I have spent the afternoon inside relaxing, doing our projects. Tomorrow we'll pack up and return to our regularly scheduled programing.
