Yeah, we made it to Fort Myers Beach but it was not a good day! It started out okay. Only a 2 hour drive from Sebring so we have an easy morning getting ready and decide to take a scenic route on a two lane road. And then it gets scary.
We are cruising along when John checks his rearview mirrors and says, "Why can I see the Jeep? It's going down the shoulder!!!" This is NOT good! John very cautiously slows the RV and pulls over to the side of the road at a commercial driveway. One of the arms holding the Jeep to the hitch has come undone. The pin is gone that would hold it in place. We very quickly unhitch the car and then drive separately to the nearest hardware store. We get a new pin, re-hitch the Jeep to the RV and are on our way! We were very, very lucky that we did not flip the jeep off the road, or worse, into another car. Considering we were on a 2 lane road it was just a miracle that we still have a Jeep and there was no damage to it or the RV. John now has 2 locking hitch pins so this will never happen again.
The traffic onto Ft. Myers Beach is horrendous and it takes us another hour to get across the bridge and onto the island. Then we have to unhitch again so we can park the RV on top of the neighboring RV.
But we are right on the beach and it is lovely. The first order of the afternoon (3PM) is go for a walk on the white sand. We went about a mile and half, turned around and started back but the beach bars looked really appealing so we stopped to have a beer and an appetizer before continuing back. Then for dinner we found this dive of a seafood restaurant and had a great fried seafood dinner! Tomorrow we will try riding our bikes on the sand!
1 comment:
Oh My!!!
You did all that and did not swear or flip someone off?
So glad you and stuff are ok.
See you at Disney.
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