Nancy

 

Well, it's been a month now since my beautiful bride left this world. My heart is still broken. We talked about maybe selling the house and living full-time in the trailer. I still don't know what I'm going to do now. It's one day at a time.

Blow Out

 

 

Well, yesterday started okay. I've been having problems sleeping and was awake around 2 AM. I stayed in bed, though, until around 4. I was on the road by 7:30 on my way to Big Springs, NE, a 260 mile, 5-hour drive. I'd be there by noon. A light snow was falling, and the traffic going through Colorado Springs was heavy. The winds picked up while I was on I-76 Eastbound. Everything was going well until about 11:30 when I noticed a wheel well fairing on the trailer had come loose. Then the day got BAD. I had blown a tire on the trailer. Not only that but the other tire was shredded, a brake line was ripped off.

 

I get on the phone and call my road service. I'm on I-76 at mile marker 167, and I need HELP. A heavy tow truck finely gets to me at 8:00 PM. Since it was late and everything was closed, the road service opted to take me 25 miles up the Interstate to Big Springs to get me off the side Interstate in a safe location. We got there at 11:30 PM. It took another 3 hours to get my truck and trailer off his trailer. I got to bed around 3:00 AM and was awake again around 5:00 AM. Today's mission is to find someone who can repair the damage enough that I can continue my trip to Wisconsin. I won't be back to Oconto on Saturday as planned.

Colorado Springs, CO

 

I was on the road by 7 this morning on my way to Colorado Spring. It was a very windy drive and after getting here it started pouring rain. Tomorrow's leg will take me to Big Springs, NE.

Las Vegas, NM

 

I've made it to Las Vegas, NM for tonight. Tomorrow's leg is to Colorado Springs, CO for the night.

Going Home

 

I leave out tomorrow morning for the long trip back to Oconto. This is a trip that I really dread doing. There's nothing up there for me anymore except a house full of stuff that I have to get rid of in the next few months—all of it. There's no love in the house anymore—just memories—those I can take with me. I'm thinking of selling the house and living full time in my trailer somewhere else. I'm even thinking about living in Mexico. I've been looking at an RV resort on the Pacific coast of Baja California. You can't beat the weather there. I have a 2-year-old Golden Retriever that needs a new home too. I'll keep Charlie because he's easy to travel with.