Road trip and cruising stories - Bilge

A amiotiki Member Wilson, North Carolina Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 125	A amiotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 24, 2006 10:03 AM So many roadtrips over the years... One of the first I remember was when I was about 10 yrs old. My parents had just purchased a 16' travel trailer, and decided the best way to break it in would be to drive from Richmond, CA to Superior, AZ during spring break, which was 2 weeks long. The plan was to go to the Grand Canyon and camp for a couple of days, then head to my grandparents place in AZ. We were about 2 hours on the road, near Livermore, and I was watching the scenery go by, when I saw a wheel fly away from the side of our trailer and bounce down a hillside. I said to my stepfather, "I think a wheel just came off the trailer." Right about the time he was telling me I was stupid, the trailer lurched...we pulled over, and sure enough, the trailer was missing a wheel. Wes spent about an hour climbing around on the hillside looking for the miscreant wheel, with no luck. He finally had to unhitch the trailer - leaving us in it (my mom, baby bro, and me) and go into town to try to find another wheel. As it turned out, there weren't any that would be available till the next day, so we spent the night in the trailer on the side of the interstate. A couple of days later, we were on a long grade leading into the town of Seligman, AZ. Traffic was all backed up (being a kid - I had no idea why and didn't really care). All of a sudden, the car died...just froze up - wouldn't start, wouldn't move, and we were just stuck in the slow lane. Wes was really pissed by that point (he had a VERY short fuse), and he hit the steering wheel really hard - ended up breaking a bone in his hand. Somehow, we got both the car and the trailer towed into Seligman - right about the time it started snowing. Of course, it was Friday night lol and all the auto repair places were closed for the weekend. We stayed in a motel, waited out the weather, and Monday the car got fixed - something like a loose wire was all it was. Unfortunately, we couldn't go see the Grand Canyon because it was closed due to the snow storm. After that I don't remember anything in particular...so all must have gone smoothly, hehehe. The Spring Break trip from Hell. amiotiki

So many roadtrips over the years...
One of the first I remember was when I was about 10 yrs old. My parents had just purchased a 16' travel trailer, and decided the best way to break it in would be to drive from Richmond, CA to Superior, AZ during spring break, which was 2 weeks long. The plan was to go to the Grand Canyon and camp for a couple of days, then head to my grandparents place in AZ.

We were about 2 hours on the road, near Livermore, and I was watching the scenery go by, when I saw a wheel fly away from the side of our trailer and bounce down a hillside. I said to my stepfather, "I think a wheel just came off the trailer." Right about the time he was telling me I was stupid, the trailer lurched...we pulled over, and sure enough, the trailer was missing a wheel. Wes spent about an hour climbing around on the hillside looking for the miscreant wheel, with no luck. He finally had to unhitch the trailer - leaving us in it (my mom, baby bro, and me) and go into town to try to find another wheel. As it turned out, there weren't any that would be available till the next day, so we spent the night in the trailer on the side of the interstate.

A couple of days later, we were on a long grade leading into the town of Seligman, AZ. Traffic was all backed up (being a kid - I had no idea why and didn't really care). All of a sudden, the car died...just froze up - wouldn't start, wouldn't move, and we were just stuck in the slow lane. Wes was really pissed by that point (he had a VERY short fuse), and he hit the steering wheel really hard - ended up breaking a bone in his hand. Somehow, we got both the car and the trailer towed into Seligman - right about the time it started snowing. Of course, it was Friday night lol and all the auto repair places were closed for the weekend. We stayed in a motel, waited out the weather, and Monday the car got fixed - something like a loose wire was all it was. Unfortunately, we couldn't go see the Grand Canyon because it was closed due to the snow storm.

After that I don't remember anything in particular...so all must have gone smoothly, hehehe. The Spring Break trip from Hell.

amiotiki

Post #222823 by amiotiki on Fri, Mar 24, 2006 10:03 AM