As soon as we were leaving the parking lot, I noticed the check engine light on. I had two decisions, put the rig back at 8:00a and get things fixed in Texarkana or run the route and get things checked in Memphis, about 250 miles. We chose B and I worried about that decision the whole way.
We found an O'Reilly's Auto Parts about 40 miles outside of West Memphis. Couldn't get into their lot, so parked across the street at a Citgo. They brought the tester out and said it was a glow plug gone bad, same thing as a couple months before. Wouldn't hurt to run it, but might be tough starting if things got cold. We decided to keep going.
As we came through Little Rock, we really started noticing all the rivers swollen, and a lot of standing water. That really came to a head at the Mississippi which we knew was approaching flood stage, and the reason we couldn't make our planned stop at Tom Sawyer's in West Memphis.
When we were here last October, there was no water here. Couldn't figure out why we were on a bridge over so much land. Now we know.
We decided to bust the extra distance and go to a KOA about an hour West of Nashville. Wish we could have gotten all the way to Nashville, but that was about an hour more than I had in me to drive.
Worried I'm going to look like a pretzel tomorrow as I've already got the heating pad on the back right now. Going to make myself not leave until noon tomorrow to cut back on the travel time.
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| Carmen wishes she didn't have to do this riding thing |
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