NEW SHOES FOR THE HITCHHIKER

NEW WHEEL AND TIRE ON LEFT, OLD ONE ON RIGHT

Since we experienced a tire failure in June of 2011 and the tires were now over four years old, we decided to upgrade. The Goodyear G614RST tires and 16 inch wheels that came with our fifth wheel were running at 94% of capacity at maximum pressure. We found 17.5 inch wheels and Goodyear G114 tires sized 215/75R17.5H at http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/. This change increased the load capacity per wheel from 3750 to 4805.

The tires arrived mounted and balanced with new cups and lugs. Since the new tires are 2/10 of an inch smaller in diameter than the old tires, even with the larger wheel, they fit in the footprint with room to spare.

Return to Lake Lavon

We started north on April 1st from Santa Ana NWR in Alamo, Texas. Our first stop was at Potter's Creek Campground at Canyon Lake. This is a very nice/new Army Corp. of Engineer Park just north of San Antonio.
Our four night stay allowed us plenty of time to visit San Antonio's Botanical Garden, River Walk and the Witte Museum. The weather and the view at our site were outstanding.

















We arrived at East Fork Park on the shores of Lake Lavon, Wylie, Texas, on April 5.
We are once again volunteering with the Army Corp. of Engineers. Our current project is painting park gates and pipe fences at some of the various corp maintained parks around Lake Lavon. This is our old stomping grounds. It is nice to catch up with family and friends. We plan to be here until the end of May.