Day 11 - Flat tire - June 25, 2025

 Today as we packed up getting ready to leave LA, we noticed our sewage tank was starting to hang down a bit and wasn’t mounted correctly. All the pipes were still connected so no consequences yet, But Andrew hustled off to Home Depot to buy some ratchet straps to hoist it back in position so we could remount it. Liz and he worked on that, while I did the real work of voicing. Just kidding. But now, in addition to the jet take-offs from LAX every 30 seconds, I was now also working between clunks and bumps coming from underneath the camper. The mission was a success, but we noticed we also had another problem. A flat tire. The inside tire on the left side dual wheels. Liz scrambled to make some phone calls and lined up a place that could do the repair. Unfortunately, we pulled up to their place and they immediately realized they didn’t have the needed jacks to hoist up the RV. But they knew a shop that did. We went there next and got laughed at, because they DEFINITELY didn’t have the stuff to get it in the air, despite what the last guy had said. So on to possibility #3. Yet another tire shop, but one used to working on bigger rigs. They had us fixed up in no time repairing the tire and getting us back in business. Grand total - only $50.  

We jumped on Route 1, the Pacifc Coast Highway which goes north out of the LA. Our plan was to stop at a quick beach park to reset a bit, before heading on the bulk of the journey north. The beach was rocky and the air was cold, but you couldn’t have asked for a prettier setting. 

We’re currently in a Cracker Barrell parking lot for the  night in Bakersfield, CA













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