Thursday August 9
We woke early and I was in the Lowe's when they opened at 7:00. It only took two trips into the store to get everything I needed, but it only cost $1.01. I replaced the broken water line pretty quickly, but I didn't attempt to replace the broken shut-off valve since it had that funky heat-shrink connector and it wasn't currently leaking. If I had tried to replace the valve, we would probably still be there, and there would be water all over the Lowe's parking lot. I will work on it when we get home. We were on the road by 7:45. We bought diesel in central Missouri and set another personal record: 125.5 gallons. The gauge still wasn't dead on "E", but since the tank only holds 135 gallons, that's probably as far as we will ever push it. Dorcas drove a few stretches today, but every time she got behind the wheel, we hit a construction zone. She said she wanted to drive through St. Louis, but chickened out at the last minute when she hit heavy traffic and construction. We hit our only really big pile-up about 9:00 near Lebanon, TN. Of course Dorcas was driving. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to go one mile. During our "stop" we took advantage of the time by taking showers, napping and catching up on the journal. I think Dorcas flashed a family in a Subaru when she came out of the shower. I'm thankful nobody knocked on the door wanting to use the bathroom. We pulled over for a short nap near Sevierville, TN about 4:00 AM.
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