Texas

Well we had a lot of driving to do in Texas to get to Uncle David and Aunt Joyce's house in La Marque by Galveston.  The heat was not helping our camper out.  It was affecting the power we had to keep pulling it along.  We ended up having to pull off the road and let the engine cool down.  Gus called his buddy Jason back home in PA for some advice on what to do.  Gus cleaned the distributor cap as much as he could, and we headed a few miles to a town called Junction.  There luckily we got some lunch and ice cream in the air conditioning, and they had a car parts store where we picked up some new spark plugs and wires, and a new distributor cap.  We drove about 3o miles and was losing horsepower again in the camper.  We pulled off the highway and let the engine cool a bit again.   Then Gus changed the new parts we got and about an hour and a half, we got going again.  We were stinkin hot, sweaty, and tired.  I convinced Gus to spend the night at a KOA (kampgrounds of america)  to hookup to electricity so we could sleep in the air conditioning!  and get a shower for the first time in four days!  Gross I know.  We got going in the morning and headed out again.  We made it about 100 miles or so and the camper was losing horsepower again!  I know we were about sick of it and weren't sure what the deal was.  We let it cool off again.  Gus called Jason again.  He added some water to the antifreeze tank, and some oil, and we ended up taking off the engine cover inside between our seats hoping that it would help keep the engine a little cooler.  It seemed to work ad we finally made it to Uncle David and Aunt Joyce's house on friday night!  Horray!