Broken Down in Lordsburg

We got up fairly early, and got on the road around 8 AM. As we were leaving Benson, we heard a squeaking and grinding sound. We pulled over, identified it as the right front tire on the truck, and took off the wheel. Things looked OK, except for a seal, and the wheel turned OK, so we put the wheel back on and started driving. The noise went away, and we got on I-10.

As we were driving down the road, the noise came and went. But suddenly, near Lordsburg New Mexico, there was more vibration, and the steering wheel felt loose. I pulled over immediately, and called our RV road service. The person on the phone was professional, and called me back to let me know that we would see a wrecker in 30 minutes, which we did.

The wrecker was heavy duty, but old. The driver was from Chihuahua, and did not speak English. His partner was from El Paso, and spoke both English and Spanish like a native. It took them a while to hook up the truck, but they did. They did not have room in the truck for both Marianne and I, so their boss showed up in his pickup. We all went to the KOA, where they dropped off the truck and camper. We set up the camper, in a cold cloudy day. The KOA is pretty basic, although they claim that they won a president's award recently.

The road service will arrange to tow the truck to the Ford dealer in the morning, assuming that they can get to the repair promptly.