Hot Wheels
The “Great Trek East” began once we dusted off the Jet in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. Actually that’s not true. It began on 16 th February in Coaldale, Colorado, and will end on 13 th April, just north of Richmond, Virginia, where we need to be for the wedding of Richard’s son, Steven, to his lovely fiancé Melinda. Please note the mileage on below map is a ball park figure. I didn’t plot the whole trip properly – and it doesn’t include detours to campsites. After a 9 hour drive from Colorado we were looking forward to our first night in our own bed in our trusty 5 th wheel, and a quick check that the Jet had endured his almost three month sleepover without any failures to his vital systems. After two restful nights, having checked that the de-winterisation process had worked, with no leaks sprung anywhere, and tyres blown up to correct pressure, we set off for Texas. It is one thing being able to speed along interstates (motorways) at 70 mp...