Another blowout

We got on the road after a large breakfast and went only about 50 miles when we had another blowout on a trailer tire. The left front tire broke the gas lines, so no refrigerator, stove, hot water heater, etc. Gene quickly turned the propane off and changed the tire himself. We have road service but they said it would take almost 2 hours to get someone to come. It was the first really hot day we had experienced in a long while. So Gene changed the tire and we were steered to the first campground with electricity so we did not loose our food in the frig. It happened to be Kings Mountain National Military Park and State Park, in Blacksburg, SC. Come to find out it is an American Revolutionary War park.

“By 1780 the northern campaign of the war had been fought to a stalemate and England turned its military strategy toward the South. The tactic seemed simple: re-establish the southern royal colonies, march north and join loyalist troops at the Chesapeake Bay, and claim the seaboard. But a sudden battle in the wilderness exposed the folly of England’s scheme and changed the course of the nation”.

Neither of us remembered the Revolution coming this far south.
The visitor center and museum was very informative but we got there an hour before it closed so, we could not walk the grounds and hope to go back tomorrow after Gene fixes the damages on the trailer.

The Ponderosa Pines in the camper ground and park are massive, about 100ft. They had a tornado in this area in the spring and it knocked over some very large trees.large trees

Gene has been working all morning and we are late into the afternoon. He is replumbing the gas lines routed them so they are not near the wheels. Rain is coming this evening and he hopes to finish before the rain. If we had to break down we could not find a better place.