Summer Adventure 2018 Day 46

On the road again from Seward to a new RV park in Palmer. Ray commented that the RV didn't seem to have its normal power as we set out this morning. After just a few miles the tire pressure sensor was beeping, warning that the left front tire on the Suburban has high pressure, then another warning that the right front tire has high pressure. That wasn't normal. We let Bill & Pam know that we would be stopping soon to check the tires when just ahead was road construction. We had to stop for a moment and Pam was on the two-way radio saying smoke was rolling out from under the wheel wells of the Suburban. YIKES! Time for us to move, we had to go just a short way before we could pull over.

Ray and Bill went to check on the problem. The auxiliary brake we use in the Suburban to assist the motorhome brakes was engaged. The brake was depressed and Ray had to remove it to get it to release. We have used this system for several years and never had a problem before. Now we know the warning signs to be aware of should it happen again.  Onward to Palmer. I watched closely the tire monitor as we drove and the tire pressure  dropped to normal in both tires.

Later when we arrived at the RV Park  and disconnected the Suburban Ray checked the brakes and decided they wouldn't need to be replaced yet. He will probably have that done after we get home.

Paradise Alaska RV Park in Palmer is a new park which has been open only a few weeks. The owners are farmers and decided to use this small corner for the rv park. It was the nicest park we've stayed in during this trip. We parked on a spacious lot on grass. Yvonne, the proprietor, is a very friendly lady. She came to greet us as we pulled in. She wanted to know where Ray was, she had to meet the man behind the voice on her voice mail. She almost never understood what he was saying when he said "five". She showed us around the office, bath house and laundry room. She said we could fold up the tables in the laundry room to line dance, but we just didn't have time.

We visited the Musk Ox Farm where we learned how they came to Alaska and how their underwool, qiviut, is stronger and 8 times warmer than sheep's wool and softer than cashmere. We took the scenic drive out to Hatcher Pass.  That was a gorgeous drive. I took pictures at a beautiful creek, I think it was Wasilla Creek, and we enjoyed watching people hang gliding.  After that we took Yvonne's advice and ate dinner at the Noisy Goose, yum, yum. We could tell before going in that it was a good place to eat because the parking lot was full.