DISASTER..NARROWLY AVERTED

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Monday we set off towards home after Pat's doctor visit.  That went well, her wrist bone is healing so well you can't see where it separated and the shape is normal.

We packed up the RV and got on the highway leaving Anchorage about 4:30 pm.  Rush hour was just startin;  plenty of traffic.  I felt the RV jolt, then keep going.  When I looked in the rear camera, the truck was loose, held to the RV only by the safety cables.  It was weaving across lanes and hit the RV every time I tried to slow down.  It finally ran up against the passenger's rear corner of the RV and I was able to slow down and force the truck onto the shoulder.  Only one of the safety cables was left, the other had broken.  Thank God that it held.  If that truck had come loose, someone would have died with all the traffic.  To shorten a long story, we returned to town and got a space in the RV park we had just left.  The tow bar had separated where the two halves were joined by a bolt.  The nut had backed off completely.

The driver's side front fender of the truck was bashed in and the passenger rear of the Rv was scratched up with small dents.  The RV rear bumper was broken loose on that side and damaged where the truck front tire had rubbed against it.  That's all!  We went to Karen's RV Repair and she was able to sell us a new hitch and a new brake control system.  The parts were ordered yesterday and are here today.  We are sitting st Karen's while they work on things.

Yesterday we had the truck inspected and the front end aligned.  We found a man who could pull front fender out, straighten the bumper, and prime the repair.  He did a good job.  So, the truck is ready to go.  I reattached the bumper to the RV and it will get us home.

Currently we should be able to leave for home tomorrow or Friday morning.