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_15 October ‘09 This “tin roof” is amazing… I’m not sure whether we had a slight rain fall last night or more than likely, we were the target of falling foliage from the tall trees above us. Anyway, it was like living in a water torture chamber all night. Prior to leaving this morning I grabbed my tire gauge and proceeded to check the tires for departure. When we had the tires installed in Portland, I made sure that the installer knew that I checked the tires regularly, so “Please” make sure that I can get at all the valve stems to get an accurate check…”no problem”… Ya right. When we arrived to pick up the coach they had a valve stem so short that I couldn’t even find it…”Oh, well I had better get an extension on there for you”… Ya right. This morning I went to check the tire pressure and guess what??? One of the rear tires, with an extension, didn’t show any pressure…Thank God it was one of the outside duels because I could see that it did have plenty of air, and besides that, ALL of the tires were about 20lbs over inflated !!! I was NOT a happy camper this morning. Well there wasn’t anything that I can do now about the incompetence of this installer and his company, but I could do something… We drove directly to Les Schwab in Brookings and told them of our dilemma. It didn’t take but 10 minutes and they were out there at the coach and “fixed” everything….”NO CHARGE” !!! What could I say but “Thanks Les Schwab”. We finished off the Oregon coast and continued down Hwy 101 with more stops for pictures, a late breakfast, and lunch…all sitting beside the heavy surf crashing at our wheels. Another “detour” was driving the 26 miles through “The Avenue Of The Giants”. It was a slow ride because of the narrow two lane road, but the views of the great Redwoods made it well worth the time. We had planned to camp in one of their state campgrounds in The Giants, but when we pulled up to register, we were blown away by the $35 a night charge WITHOUT hook-ups. Well the Giants are very nice, but the price for the stay just didn’t warrant our staying with them…cheap, Yep… Sooo, further down 101 we found an abandoned restaurant parking lot that sits right next to a gold course that said to us…COME-ON IN, THE WEATHER IS GREAT AND THE COST IS FREE…
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