Not six miles into our trip today and we experienced our first breakdown of sorts...we hit a bump in the road and we lost the cotter pin and bolt that attaches the trailer hitch to the back of the RV. Steve looked up at the backup camera and said, "we lost the car." Luckily there are some safety cables that run from the car to the RV bumper so we didn't actually lose the car, and there was an immediate breakdown area we could pull right over into. We have Good Sam's Roadside Assistance, so we dialed them right up!
Nice construction area we could immediately pull into!
Then Steve noticed some damage to the hood of our car...from the bolt flying back and hitting it?
After waiting for two and a half hours for GS Roadside Assistance to not find someone to come out to help us, we Googled closest auto parts store and it was .6 miles away, so Steve locked me into the rig and drove there with the car. He was back and had us all fixed up in about 40 minute, with extra parts in case this ever happens again.
So we only drove 130 miles today, but averted what could have been a catastrophe! Staying at a Comfort Inn in Petersburg, VA. Temps will be in the high 20s tonight.
