We Were On A Roll, But Then We Discovered This

"Are you crazy?" was the first thing I heard this morning when I tried to get Bea out of bed, cause I thought it was 7pm already, but what I didn't know was that Nashville is already on Central Time, so let's just say it was a bit early to get up.

But this way, we at least had a long morning before daylight until we could start our daily drive to "greener pastures".

Morning Rush in Nashville

That drive led us into very heavy morning traffic with two "stop and Go" areas, but eventually also out of the urban Memphis area.

Morning rush in Nashville

Soon we rolled along excellent paved highways westward towards Little Rock, AR.

During one of our rest stops I took a routine walk-around the trailer checking on the tie-downs. Unfortunately the tie-down on the front driver side wheel had pressed against bumper which, of course is just a piece of plastic. This part had loosened from it's screws and was kind of sticking out to the side.

 
 Luckily, no part of the bumper was broken, other than the plastic screws had been ripped out. Now, I always carry all kind of screws and bolts with me and so with Bea's help I managed to insert steel screws through the holes and secure the bumper again.

Turns out, ALWAYS take a look at your load once you are stopped anyway. Discovering a small problem in time, can save you a lot of further trouble.

I had another good look at our choices of travel routes and because of inclement weather I decided to continue on I-40 via Oklahoma City instead of going south via Dallas/Ft.Worth where rain and strong wind would make driving difficult. The rain will most likely extend to Oklahoma as well but wind won't cause a problem there.