Justin Case

Our friend Justin Case was along for the ride today as usual. He prefers to travel in Saffire because she has so many places to stash things.

When we stopped for gas this morning Luanne noticed that the cap which covered her wheel bearing had fallen off. She had just had the bearing repacked so all that nice new grease was exposed to the road dirt, ready to add some lovely grit to that nice pink grease.

I can’t give Justin Case complete credit for saving the day. Two ingenious women were involved, along with some heavy duty aluminum foil, a pair of scissors, a good screwdriver and a hose clamp we bought at the gas stop. In moments the axle was covered and ready to go. It held all the way to Hunting with just a little hole.

Luanne is talking about fabricating an empty soda can (maybe beer would work better) for the trip home.

I crossed the dreaded bridge with no problem, just cars coming at me, no other large vehicles. We were all glad to arrive and know that for the next two weeks we are home.

After a very quick setup we headed to the beach.

Teddy and Tucker ran like the wind! The beach here is huge and the people few, so they are free to play tag with the waves and dig at the clams in the sand. It was long tee shirt weather, the ocean breezes fresh and cool.

A little girl was walking the beach with a kite pulling her along.

Darkness fell fast, the smoke from campfires mixed with the salty ocean odors and we were at peace with the world!