We left Perry after dealing with the tire situation. First, we drove to the local Wal-Mart to buy another replacement tire (they sell Goodyear Marathon which is supposed to be an excellent trailer tire). After buying the tire, I asked them to check the pressure on the other tires. They were checking 35-40 pounds, not the 45-50 pounds my tire gauge said. I bought a new gage and went looking for a tire pump. We stopped at a couple places before finding one (75 cents for 3 minutes).
We hit the road, that being US98 west, along the gulf coast to Mexico Beach. Lots of bridges, swamps, trees, and occasional beach condos.
We arrived at the Gardner's about 1. Larry was at Teledaga Motor Speedway. His group provided the flyover at the NASCAR race, and they had 20 pit passes. He and a some of team mates not doing the actual flyover flew a private plane and camped out at the airport. They were flying back late afternoon. Meanwhile, Laurel and I visited with Kelli and the kids and walked down to the beach (they live 2 blocks from the beach). Just before leaving, Larry and friends flew over the beach before landing. Then, a guy who was fishing just down the beach hooked a fish. We watched him haul it in. It looks like about 20 pounds and I'm not sure about the species. The kids really enjoyed that.
Larry got home just in time for dinner. The kids leave for school for school fairly early, so bed time comes early for them. We watched a little TV and turned in ourselves. We camped at Rustic Sands Campground which is located about 1/2 mile away.
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