807 August 18, 2022 Uh Oh!

Laps around the Walmart, TSC, and Matress Firm parking lots for more than 3 miles. It was misty and cool but thankfully not raining.

We stopped at Sherman Lake at a rest area for breakfast. This is an estuary where the fresh water meets salt water. Lots of creatures feed here and it is a spawning place for marine life. Here we met a couple from Florida with a similar RV and Jeep and we traded stories with them for awhile.

Tim drove only a short distance today to a campground on the coast at Sagadahoc Bay. We are parked along mud flats. When the tide is low, people were out digging for clams.

We were excited to go out and explore. Georgetown Harbor, the prettiest harbor in Maine, and Reid State Park are just a couple of miles from here. We got in the Jeep and it was making an unpleasant noise. I was driving and Tim got out to listen. Then he drove it a short way. He found what he thought was brake fluid leaking from the passenger rear. There is a guy, Randy, who works at the campground who is a mecahnic. He and Tim removed the tire to look. Maybe it was a caliper seal…but it wasn’t…it was the bearings and the axle with leaking differential fluid. What a mess!

We had to find a garage who would help us. Grover Auto and Tire said they could look at the Jeep tomorrow and could get to it sometime next week. They referred us to a towing company.

Our next issue was finding a place to stay. The campground we are at is completely booked for the weekend. They were going to allow us to dry camp but that’s a long time to be without power and water.

Chewinko campground is just 3 miles from the shop that will service the Jeep. They also had no spots available. I explained our situation and asked her to call me with any cancellations. She was kind enough to take a tape measure out to the last site she had. She sent us pictures and we can make it work. Tomorrow we will move there.

This is not convenient but we are grateful to be in a place where we met lots of kind people who did everything they could to help us. We are also thankful to have a place to stay. We will just have to wait and see how the coming days work out. It’s all part of our grand adventure!