Day 129-131, Dec 1-3. Darien, GA to Kings Bay GA

In Washington DC we almost got rid of the rack because it was
interfering with the trailer hitch. Thank heavens we didn't!

There is nothing like the sound of your trailer scrapping along the pavement to get your attention. As John mentioned in our last entry, one of the main supports on our trailer's frame broke in two places. I believe the first break was where the side rail attaches to the front rail. Then over time the side rail bent under the weight of the trailer and finally gave out. Earlier, I had wondered if the gap between the bottom and side panels had gotten larger but chalked it up to my imagination. Lesson one: if you notice any changes - investigate.

Once the trailer began scraping, we when into problem solving mode. I got the extra bungees out and John attached them from the trailer our back rack pulling the trailer high enough to get us in. It was imperfect, we had to stop twice to adjust the bungees, but it got us in. Barely.

I went on the net and found the needed part while John went down to the desk to extend out stay. The part was only $99, but shipping was going to take 6 to 10 days! I checked the cost to speed up delivery to 4 days; $185 dollars! Ridiculous. Checking Amazon, I found a brand new trailer for $299. To get next day delivery added $26. It was a no-brainer.

Unfortunately, next day air is not really the next day; it's the fastest they can get it to you. In our case, it's 3 days. Sigh. Now we had plane tickets and 6 days worth of reservations that had to be changed, which worked out after a long call to Booking.com. All part of the thrill of travel. :)

Today was a flat and, thankfully, uneventful ride. Basically turn right onto US 17 for 57 miles and turn left to arrive at the hotel. We did however stop at Captain Stan's Smokehouse. A ramshackle, kinda grungy open air bar that accepted only cash and has fabulous food. I got the Trinity Bowl, a combination of baked beans, pork shoulder, and cold slaw. I highly recommend it.

We enter Florida tomorrow. Hard to believe we've made it this far already!