Pink Piggie Travels

       We were up early, determined to make it to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. The roads, however, had other plans. At one point, it felt like the fillings in my teeth were being shaken loose. Just before reaching the campground, trouble decided to tag along—again. As we approached our campground, I noticed something unsettling: if I held the brakes too long, the air pressure would drop, eventually triggering the parking brake. I had to sit and wait for the pressure to build back up before I could release the brake and move again. Not a fun game to play on winding roads. But, in the end, we made it to our campsite and parked for the week. The next morning, I called a mobile RV tech who, luckily, was just down the road. A couple of hours later he showed up, crawled under the RV, and quickly diagnosed the problem: a damaged master air cylinder. Of course, he didn’t have one on hand—it had to be ordered. But good news! It’d arrive just in time for our Thur...

      Off to Colorado. We drove most of the day into Canon City, CO and got set up in our campsite. It was fairly quiet as it was the end of the season, and most people weren't camping anymore. That's ok, I like it when there are less people around. Jodi and I headed out to grab dinner. Again, since it was the end of the season the only place open close-by was 8 Mile Bar and Grill . Sure, I could stand a burger. Well, it was worth it. It was their last night open before closing for the season and they had a local musician in singing. He was really good, and the place was packed. We ate and stayed for a while to listen before heading back to get a good night sleep.     The next morning, we got up and headed into  town to explore. On the way in the previous day we had passed a winery,  The Winery at Holy Cross Abby , so we swung in. It was a cute little winery, and we grabbed a couple of bottles for some friends we would see later in our trip. One of the...