We are finally back on the road. We had been suffering from a case of "hitch itch" for several days.

You may know we have had a problem towing the van since we put new tires on the back of the motor home. It was very difficult to keep the two on the road. It seemed that the tail was wagging the dog. We had the front end of the van aligned and it was all ok. We went back to the tire people and had them rotate the front tires to the left rear as the right front tire was wearing on the outside and the left front tire was wearing on the inside. Not thinking that that would really help the situation we made arrangements to have the front suspension on the motor home aligned.

As usual, they could not get to it until this morning, 7am. We needed to be in Yuma this evening to set up for a hamfest in the morning. When I described the problem with the shop foreman, he immediately said it was not an alignment problem as the tires would either wear on the outside or the inside of both tires alike. Bud he assured me he would figure it out.

When they checked it out, it was a tracking problem. The center bold in the left rear leaf spring had broken and the leaves in the spring slipped and the left side of the rear axle moved forward causing the motor home to "dog track". The main leaf spring on the left side was worn almost 50% thru and the right rear spring was wearing as well due to the broken center bolt. He is trying to find a new set of springs for us, none are available on the west coast. He did replace the center bolt and align the rear axle, but the springs still need to be replaced. $$$$ Hopefully he can find something in the next few days.

Otherwise, we are here in Yuma at the County Fairgrounds, across from the air field where the Harrier jets and the tankers are practicing landings and they fly directly over us and are they noisy.

The hamfest runs from noon to 5pm on Friday and 8 to 5 on Saturday, so hopefully we will be busy.