August 23

We have been back in the Spanaway area for 8 days and have got a lot done before we head out on our next tour.  Lets get you up to speed.
When we were on the Alaska trip I started hearing a funny noise from the rear end of the truck.  You know that noise that you no what it is but really don't want to say anything about it.  Well it held together tell we got back to Spanaway and on tuesday I took it to Riverside Ford and had them rebuild the rear end.  Now that is done and the noise is gone, YAH!!!!
Next is I noticed the back tires on the trailer are wearing a little bit funny so we have a appointment at Kimball's on Monday to get the Axle straighten or at least put the way it is suppose to be.  After that is done two new tires on the trailer, don't like to have tires the are worn on one side.
When we get to Oregon it will be time to buy some new tires for the truck.  The fronts have over 54,000 miles not bad and the backs have just at 35,000 miles.  With the weight we haul I figure that is pretty good.  We usually go through at least 2 sets of back tires to one on the front.  It is part of maintenance on the truck and trailer.  Like a house every once in a while you have to put in a little money to get it moving again.
Wednesdays we leave for Pasco to get some Warranty work done on the trailer.  Not much, we found after a week on the trip we found out the the slide on the drivers side was not going out all the way.  It needs to go our about another inch.  Also we have a safety recall on the studs on the wheels, something about them breaking!!!!  So after all that we will be in Seaside Oregon relaxing before we head off on our next trip.  It feels good to have a little bit of time to write a little on the blog about what is happening to the Gypsy Olsen's.  More to come as we head to Eastern Washington, we are hopping that we don't run into any fires.