It was a long day driving the freeway through both Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. Fort Worth is still under construction although we went through at an optimum time and the delays were minimal. Cam drives along with ease while I have an adrenalin rush. Going through heavy traffic at high speeds through the construction slalom is not on my A list. We got to our evening stop - Alvarado Texas and discovered our right back wheel hub was a little hot and smelly. No noise though. After checking into our camp spot we called Good Sam and were directed to Alvarado Truck Services. We drove down there and they were incredibly helpful even though it was obvious they were beyond busy. They looked it over and told us they don't usually fix disc brakes but they agreed to check it out as much as they could without pulling it all apart. They tested what they could and said the brakes seemed to be fine and it didn't seem that hot (although we had been sitting for sometime already). He said he could pull it apart if we wanted but if he needed parts we would be stuck until Monday with our RV in the shop. After much discussion we decided we would continue on and keep an eye on it. If it happens again we will have to get it looked at again. He didn't charge us anything. Since we had taken up a half hour of his time and that of one of his staff we did insist on giving him something. They had 2 huge Rottweiler dogs wandering around (Hound of the Baskervilles stand-ins) but they were friendly enough. Kirk stayed in the RV.
452 Km.
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