We left Moose around 11:30 AM after a last minute all around check.tires on the vehicle and trailer. We made plans to be outside of Utica fo a few nights. After a few minutes of checking out, we were on the road.
After a detour Dow route 9 from the GPS and then traffic around Albany, we got on to 90. After about an hour of driving, Elizabeth and I decided to pull over for lunch, leg stretch and bathroom break. I always do a walk around of the truck and trailer. Nothing noticeable. We have lunch and then let the dog out. While I was walking back to the truck, I noticed the left rear trailer tire was low. I figured I would inspect once I got the dog back into the truck.
While performing a dead lift of the dog, I heard someone say tailer tire is low. They were another set of campers. I said thanks and I was noticed it too and was going to take a look once I got the dog in. I went to the tire in question and sure enough it was hissing.
I sprung into action. Elizabeth assisted me getting the tire off the trailer and the spare down from its holding area. Luckily I was to break off the lugs and get the spare on. Next I check the air pressure and find out I'm at 60 PSI. Now I have to unhook the truck and had Elizabeth back it up to the tire in question. Unfortunately I have a small portable compressor that takes forever to get the tire to 80. Turns out it took 20 minutes. Then back to hooking up the truck to the trailer. Finally getting on the road. We finally got to our site around 4 pm after about an extra hour at the rest stop.
This morning I looked around for a tire place to see if they can patch the tire. I found a place. However the puncture was too close to the side wall. A new tire will need to be purchased. As luck would have it, they had the correct spec tire in stock. About 20 minutes and 110 dollars later a new tire. The kicker was about 80 of that was the tire. 15 for mounting and the rest for regulatory fees and taxes.
I got back to the trailer and we went out to see the area. We did gem mining for a couple of hours and then saw a couple of boats use the locks. We came back to the trailer were I replaced the tire which went much quicker.
After dinner we had a nice fire. Looking forward to an early I night, I took a shower. Enter my next misfortune. As I was taking my shower, I accidentally must have tapped the handle of the sink and the stopper was engaged. 10 minutes later, I had a flooded bathroom floor. I spent the next 40 minutes cleaned the mess up. After that I headed to the laundry to wash and dry the towels while a fan is blowing the bathroom dry. Luckily I didn't have too much water penatration. But between the fan and two buckets of damp rid, I'm hoping for a miracle.
So right now at 11 PM, I'm watching 2 loads of towels drying in the drier. This was the point where I wanted to going to bed. Hopefully the rest of the week will be better.
We hope to be able to get together in the future. Untill then , enjoy the rest of your stay and get home safe!
). Safe travels to everyone pulling out today, and enjoy the last bit for those here another day... tubing today.
Fine dining at its best! 
