They are a good 1/2 inch across!
The tree itself is huge -- that's our friend Leslie standing under it --
Leslie and Bill left the park this morning at the same time we did, but they went on to Pahrump, Nevada while we went on down to Redlands, California (just south of San Bernadino). We are here at Redlands Truck and RV to have a steering bracket mounted on Auntie Violet. (There have been some cracks in the steering mechanisms of Alpine Coaches. Engineer Mike developed a bracket that can be bolted to the mechanism prophylactically for additional support to keep this from happening.) We had barely pulled in here when one of the mechanics was under the rig checking the steering -- and cheerfully announced we didn't yet have a problem!
While we are here, we had them change the hydraulic fluid for the steering and brakes and put in new filters. Tomorrow morning early, they will start drilling the necessary holes for the new bracket, then will do a wheel alignment. Sounds like it will take most of the day. In the meantime, we are parked on the street alongside the shop. We've only put out the bedroom slide. They have fifty amp hookups for two rigs. They very carefully put a mat down over the electric cord where it went over the sidewalk and put bumpers on the edges of bedroom slide (which faces the sidewalk) and orange cones out on the street at Auntie Violet's corners.
We've been given a map with directions to Caroline's Cafe, the "best place in Redlands for breakfast!" and directions and brochures for the local museum and area sites to keep us occupied while the rig is being worked on. We found out on iRV2 website that this was the place to have the bracket installed -- and everyone commented on the service orientation of Redlands Truck and RV. So far, we've certainly found it to be true. They even have guest wifi for their customers!
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