This was going to be a long day and so we planned to get out
of Rushmore Resort Campsite no later than 7:00 am.
We were right on target, but when we hooked up the truck to
the RV, we found the tow lights on the truck would not work. Our new found
friend Grant and John worked on checking the connections, trying new wiring etc
for almost an hour and finally got the lights to come on. But the turn signals
would not work. It was not 8:30 am and we decided to get on our way. If were
pulled up, we were going to say “Oh, really Officer, they were working when we
left this morning”.
So that was 3rd of our problems – perhaps that
will be the end and we will not have such issues any more.
The first half of our trip was again very tedious. Flat land
with no vegetation or habitation of any sort. All through out that day and also
during our drive from Iowa to Rapid City along I-90, we saw signs saying: "Road
closed when flashing. Go back to (and here insert the name of the little town
we had just left behind us)". Once in a while, we would see a house (or
homestead) all by its lonesome self set well back from the road. It boggles my
mind to think of what their life must be like in the winter.
Again we had very strong cross winds. It was only after I
pulled into the campsite, that night, did I realize how tight I had been gripping
the wheel.
Once we got closer to the Tetons, the scenery changed
dramatically. Our campsite was 22 miles west of Jackson, WY, just across the
border into Idaho, in a small town called Victor. To get to Victor, we had to go
through a mountain pass that had a 10% grade going up for 5 miles and another 5
miles of 10% downward grade. I
could see that John was concerned about the steep grade, but knew me well enough
to not ask to take over the wheel.
We decided to take the next day off – to rest – but I put in 10 hours of
work as I needed to get caught up. John worked on the towing lights with the
help of another RV guy who happened to have had the same problem at one time.
Mark knew exactly where the obscure fuse was located and not only replaced it, but gave
us a second one as a spare. He also determined that the problem with the stairs
was not a fuse, but a bad motor. So we have decided to wait till we get back home
for that. In the meantime, we bought a sturdier aluminum folding steps from
Lowes Hardware (in Rapid City) to help us in and out of the vehicle. At every
stop, John very gallantly places the steps in position so I can get down from
the RV.
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