Monday Sept. 3, 2012
We have finally left the wonderful state of Michigan and are now at the Walnut Woods State Park in Des Moines, Iowa.Weather was nice on our drive. We made it easy by stopping half way here at a WalMart to stock up on supplies.
As we left Buchanan and was on I 94 heading south, the alarm went off on our TST tire monitor. The tire pressure was 40 lbs and the Temperature read 170!!! I pulled off the highway and went to look and see what could be wrong. The left front tires were both extremely hot. The Brake Buddy had caused the brakes to drag! Without the TST monitor we would have had a disaster with a blow out or worse. I had just replaced the TST controller in GA earlier on this trip as I really don't feel safe not knowing what is the state of the tires. A friend of mine had told me how his tire monitoring system had saved him a world of hurt in his coach a while back and I am sure that there are others that know the value of a good tire monitoring system. We disconnected the brake buddy and allowed the tires to cool down and continued on our way without further problems.
Walnut Woods State Park is a state park of Iowa, USA, located in suburban West Des
Moines. Within the Des Moines metropolitan area, the
park preserves a bottomland hardwood forest featuring
the largest natural stand of black walnut trees in North America. The Raccoon River meanders
through the 260-acre (110 ha) park, providing fishing and canoeing
opportunities. The park also provides picnic areas, a limestone lodge built in
the 1930s, and a small campground with 22 sites. More than 90 bird species have
been seen in the park.
We will be here a week and will be visiting with a high school friend.
Still enjoying this lifestyle and will have pics of Walnut Woods State Park on the next blog.
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