Carthage, Missouri

We have moved to Carthage, Missouri, but first let me close out a couple of story lines from previous posts.

First I have to relate a funny story regarding the RV park we stayed at in Strafford, Missouri.  You may remember how I mentioned how narrow the sites were and provided a picture of our rig in the site.  Well one evening a Prevost luxury motorhome (really a bus) came into the park and obviously was looking to stay the night.  They took a loop around the pull thru sites and left.  No way were they fitting in those spots.  In a post last year I mentioned Prevost coaches as the top of the line luxury line.  The actual coach is the same bus that is used for tour buses, so it is very large.  Add slides to that and you have a very wide rig.

As for the repairs on our rig.  The parts came in on Monday morning and they completed the installation of the new seals and brakes by 2:30pm allowing us to drive the 75 miles to Carthage and get set up before dinner.  I was told by Camping World for some reason the Bakersfield store used a non Dexter seal on the axle and it failed or was installed improperly, which is very strange to me considering I was told by the Bakersfield store that Dexter was requiring all their parts had to be used in the repair and had them shipped to the store. 

Now that I know about the breaking period of new brakes and how to activate the self-adjusting feature we should be in good shape.

We are in Carthage for a couple of weeks before we move on to Lake of the Ozarks to meet up with my niece and her family.  We plan on visiting Joplin and going to the Crystal Bridges (Wal-Mart) art museum that recently opened in Bentonville, Arkansas.  Most likely we will drive by Wal-Mart headquarters and bow as true RV’ers should do (just like Apple devotees).