Tolsona Wilderness Campground, Alaska

     It was a beautiful, sunny morning with the nice stream flowing past our campsite.  We packed up the bad tire after a filling pancake breakfast.  Glennallen is a nice small town with lots of services.  It was easy to find a place to repair the tire and it only cost us $10.  However, while working on replacing the tire, Rick noticed that the brakes were really hot on that wheel.  So he took me back to the campground and went back to have the rotor looked at.  He was told that it could take all day to check it out and if it needed to be replaced it could take several days.  During the drive back to the service station, Rick had the idea that the hot brake could be from a locked emergency brake which would be very fixable.

    While Rick conferred with the service station folks I had a nice afternoon of sewing on Jenn and Arik's wedding quilt.  Then, with the quilt spread all over the inside of the trailer, I sat outside and had lunch in the sunshine.  Rick left the truck at the station and walked to a little cafe for lunch.  He got back to discover that the problem WAS the emergency brake which they were able to release.  So Rick was back by late afternoon.   We gave up on the idea of driving anywhere today so I kept sewing and Rick took a nice nap.

     An afternoon thunderstorm moved in and it rained all evening.  We kept our trailer door open and listed to the rushing stream and more rain.  Very peaceful. I miss the cabin.