A Slight Delay

This has been an interesting drive so far.

We left our home in Indiana at about 10:30 last night. It took us sooooo long to get out of our driveway. We have one really sharp turn and, as we were pulling a trailer, we had to do a lot of backing up and maneuvering to get out. We alternated between teetering on the edge of our creek bank and scraping against a tree for about 15 minutes . I got out of the RV, thinking that if they fell into the creek I could at least run for help. :-) Dad finally got us out though.

The ride has been rougher than usual because the smoothest way to North Carolina has been shut down for three months due to a rock slide.

At 5:30 am our RV's engine suddenly shut off for no apparent reason. Dad pulled over onto the narrow shoulder of the busy highway we were driving on and started looking things over. He decided the best thing to do would be to replace the fuel filter and he started calling mechanics. At 8:45 am a mechanic showed up, bringing the filter with him. He replaced the it and the RV started for a minute and then died due to the clogging of the OTHER fuel filter, which is a different kind. So now we're sitting by the side of the highway outside of Charleston, West Virginia waiting for another hour while he drives back to get that filter.

It's not all sad though - we're all well and safe and we should be back on the road soon.