Now that we finally got this whole blog thing figured out, we can get on with it. This post was supposed to show up last Wednes day so imagine that you are reading it then.
Well. Were do we begin... The first two days of our trip have definately been eventfull to say the least. We got off to a pretty late start on tuesday and enjoyed traffic, snow, slush and rain for the first few hours of our trip. We finally pulled out of that when we got into Wyoming. Stopping for gas just north of Cheyenne, Frank (Richell's Dad) decided to check the clearance of the trailer tires from the bottom of the trailer. In doing so we discovered that there was none. The front tires had been rubbing on the bottom of the trailer for who knows how long.
Since we were in a place that had only a gas station, we were forced to drive 120 miles to the nearest town, Casper, WY. We stayed the night there and the next morning decided that we had too much weight in the trailer. We drove to the nearest parking lot, which happened to be a Wal-Mart and proceeded to unload the entire trailer and repack it. At this time, the "Wal-Mart police decided to come regulate and make sure we were not having a yard sale in there parking lot
In the process, to get rid of some weight, we decided to sell our couch and washer and dryer to the nearest used furniture store for much less than it was actually worth. We were not to upset about it, we can always get new furniture. We then also repacked all of the heavy boxes in the back of the truck to release. some weight. But, 6 hours, two Wal-Mart Police, 3 trailer hitches, one yard sale, one trailer repair shop, three less pieces of furniture and one nice bystander with a big truck, later. We got on the road. The trailer is driving great now and we have finally stopped for the night in Billings Montana.
We have only smooth sailing ahead of us (hopefully) and expect a worry free great drive the rest of the way. Tomorrow we will take off and head to Bozeman, MT to visit Scotty and Oscar and the hope to make it into Canada by the evening.
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