Almost There And Snow

Surprisingly we both slept very well in our little roadside park last night due probably in part to the two semi-trucks which pulled in and parked right next to us with engines running.  The engine noise drowned out the other noises—trucks, vehicles, etc. 

Michael was awake at 4am due to the train noise and we were up getting ready by 5am—pulling out just before 6:30.  Our destination for today was McGee Creek State Park in south eastern Oklahoma, (we stayed there in December, 2008)—should have been an easy drive with an arrival time of about 3:30pm.  NOT!!!!  Right before lunch time I was driving, we came to a road side park, stopped, walked the dog and started off again.  Not five miles down the road, engine heat alarms started going off and the engine stopped!!!!  Yes, stopped, cut off, quit!!!  We were able to coast onto a gravel side road and my super mechanic went to work.  The problem—our Webasto diesel fired hydronic circulating pump sprang a leak and emptied all the coolant from the engine and heating system—YIKES!  Michael was able to bypass the pump and refill the coolant.  Isn’t it nice to be married to a super mechanic???  I think so!

While Michael was crawling around under the motorhome a very kind southern Oklahoma gentleman driving  a road grader stopped to see if he could help.  We were just about on our way but it was kind of him—he pointed us in the direction of the local NAPA store where Michael replenished our antifreeze and purchased a couple lengths of hose just in case. 

OK, we are on our way again but all the mechanic work sure delayed us.  Finally about 5:30pm we arrived at the state park—emptied our tanks and found a spot.  We are the only people in the park which has electric and water hookups.  Our sight is lake view out the windows if it wasn’t dark and snowing!!  YES, SNOWING!  Rain mixed with snow but tomorrow is supposed to be 50 degrees and sunny. 

We are very close to my family home so we will be there tomorrow, YEA!

Oklahoma windmills.