The "Adventure" Shows Up

On our way home from Bishopville and the museums, we found we had circled around and come into Lugoff from farther north than before. We were headed for a Captain D's. Although there are some up in Jacksonville there are none in areas we usually go to and right now is lobster roll season which I love.



No, Their lobster rolls are not as good as the ones we found at Cousins Maine Lobster in Neptune Beach closer to home but those are made with Maine lobster and are much more expensive although absolutely delicious. (Yes, I got a ball cap when we went to Cousins.)

After a quiet night at the RV park, we headed home. We stopped at the first Flying J on the route and then headed home, cheering when we approached the Georgia/Florida line. Up to this point we had not had anything that would come under the heading of an adventure but we were thinking ahead of ourselves.

Less than 100 miles to home and thump ... thump ... thump ... something was loose or caught up there and slapping the roof. Not good! Geoffrey slowed down and pulled off at the next exit. As soon as he went out there the problem was fairly obvious, the windshield gasket had broken loose at the top drivers side corner and peeled off most of the way across the top!

Geoff got hold of the gasket and wrapped the loose end around my side mirror and duct taped it down. and we gingerly headed on down the road at a steady 50 miles an hour, any faster and the gasket would flap dangerously. We stopped to check it a couple of times and found that where he had taped it to the windshield wouldn't hold but slowly we made progress.

Of course, at the same time my GPS tablet decided to get cranky and lie about where we were ... it seemed to be stuck miles away from where we were. It had been a tad cranky a time or two already but before it had always starightened up, not this time. Guess the poor old thing just couldn't take it anymore. Good thing we knew our way home from where we were!

At the same time my left foot is so hot and swollen it is threatening to explode ... okay, it just feels like it I don't think it's going to actually explode. Then we get about ten miles from our home exit and now, in this very last stretch, traffic has slowed down to an average 20 miles an hour. We never did see the cause although we did see a couple of tow trucks head north with mangled vehicles aboard, no way to know if they were related.

We made it home and parked Wolf in the driveway. Being a Sunday we had to wait until the next day to make any calls but we got scheduled in for Tuesday and Ray's Commercial Center, a local business we trust, got it done that same day. We are also starting to talk about getting a small trailer, light enough for our Subaru Ascent to pull.

As to my foot ... ordered one of those Revitive machines as it might help the swelling problem on trips and the lower leg cramps that give me trouble at home. Worth a shot anyway! Looking at replacements for my GPS as well. At least we are safely home!