We're Off!

We have the first day of travel under our belts.  Yesterday, we took a load to the rig and turned on the fridge.  Today, we loaded up what we thought was the last little bit.  However, we loaded and loaded and loaded.  

We said good-bye to our neighbors and left for the storage facility.  We got stuff put in the rig and then went to a near by parking lot to hook up.  

That is when Murphy made an appearance.  When I pulled the lever for the drive shaft disconnect on the truck,  it did not feel right.  Sure enough when I told Catherine to move forward, the truck wheels did not roll.

Rats!  I had the truck serviced last week and I asked the guys to check out the disconnect and lube it.  When I checked out, the guys were at lunch.  So, I did not ask about it.  I crawled under the truck and it just appeared to be stuck. ( I think the guys forgot)  So I sprayed it with silicone, and Catherine pulled the lever.  We got it disengaged- Yea!

We landed at Silver River state park about 1:30.  After spraying the disconnect mechanism some more, it engaged first try. Whew!

We got into our spot and locked on to Satellite.  We are going to paddle the river tomorrow and get the rig all organized.  We will take off Wednesday to Pensacola.  That will be a more PDD worthy trip :).