We relaxed in the morning and got ourselves all packed
up. I took Rhoda for a run for a few
miles in the park. We ran on a lakefront
trail out to a point and then sat there and watched some boats go by for a
bit. It was beautiful. We got back to the camper and I got a shower
and took the kids over to a gift shop--they were dying to look at
souvenirs. When we got back, we pulled
the camper out of the spot and checked out.
We went down to the education center there at the Colter Bay area and
spent some time in there. It was really
nice.
Before I went into the education center another Airstreamer
stopped by and we talked for a bit He
talked about how he had some major trouble with this tires popping and causing
major damage to his camper. He was a
lawyer and said he had sent a letter to Goodyear and they paid for the damages
to his camper as a result of two tire failures.
He highly suggested getting rid of the Trailer tires in favor of Light
Truck tires- that he claims are more reliable.
He also said that he changed to a 16” wheel at the recommendation of an
AS dealer technician in Ohio that he had gone to. That’s not the first time I have heard of
trailer owners switching to LT tires. I
had seen some of that in the Airstream forums before. He also had one of those wireless tire
pressure monitoring systems installed.
They are $275 and come with 4 wireless sensors that you put in the
trailer tires. There is a small display
that you put up on your dash that displays the tire pressure and temperature-
to help you avoid having a catastrophic blowout at 65 mph- like I did. – Hey, the repair job turned out pretty well…
but I’ll have to admit that I do look at my tires all the time, hoping and
praying that I won’t have another issue with them. I might follow that guy’s advice and switch
to the LT trucks for durability. I need
to do more homework on the rim size change though. I’m not sure if that’s a requirement or not. LT tires should come in a 15” size- I
think. I’ll do my homework later- but
that makes sense.- OK enough Technical stuff.
We had a great day!
We drove through some beautiful country on our way up to the Fishing
Bridge campground in Yellowstone park.
There is so much wildlife to see here.
We saw deer, elk, and buffalo- lots and lots of them today. We went to a few different gift shops today
too. We got the kids some different
souvenirs in some of the shops. We got
the boys some hiking staffs. They are
pretty neat. They have different pins
that you can tack into the staffs from the different parks. We have Grand Teton and Yellowstone covered
so far. It was a neat idea.. and the
boys are really excited about it. LeAnn
got a journal and some different stickers from the parks. She also got some different earrings that are
really nice. Traci and I got some
Christmas ornaments from the parks.
Takeaways from the day:
It was great to see how excited the kids and Traci get
seeing the wildlife!
God’s creation is amazing- the Parks are beautiful!
I am so thankful for the foresight of our forefathers to
preserve these parks—we live in a beautiful country!
Large groups of people trampling over each other to take
pictures of wildlife- is not fun.. J
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