No false start this time. We hit the road, drove past the Ace Hardware without incident, and we were on our way. Just for safety’s sake, we stopped in Sparta to check the tow dolly and again in Mauston. Everything looked good.
Our trip out of Wisconsin and into Illinois was uneventful. We used more gas than I anticipated and it took longer to get places that we are used to, but the first day of our trip (discounting all of the disasters on our first attempt to leave town) went pretty well. We made it as far as Effingham, IL before we pulled over at a Pilot Truck Stop to sleep for the night.
We were up early on Tuesday and back on the road. We got into the Nashville area around 2:30 pm when we hit a big traffic jam on I-24. A semi had gone off the road and the police had two lanes on I-24 closed. Once we got past the accident scene we turned north on TN 231 through Murfreesboro and up to Lebanon.
The second day of our big adventure was going great until we pulled into the campground at Cedars of Lebanon State Park. The turn into the campground is a bit tight and the tow dolly didn’t like it one bit. The swivel pan that the front wheels of the van sit on swiveled as far as it could, but it wasn’t far enough. The pan twisted and torqued. We got the van off the tow dolly, but the swivel pan will never be used again. That was a $370 mistake. Ouch!
Tow Master (the maker of the tow dolly) is shipping out another swivel pan, but it won’t be here at least until Monday or Tuesday. It should be easy to install (knock on wood), but we are stuck here in Tennessee until we get it. Of course, there are worse places to be stuck. I had just hoped that we’d be able to get to Birmingham, AL to meet up with Neil and Gail Wallace this weekend. We’re supposed to be in Atlanta to see a couple of different people next week. For now, we’ll have to play it by ear.
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