On the Road to Jackson, WY

Tonight we're in a soggy Mitchell, SD as we make our way to Jackson, WY for the summer.  Normally, it's dry and dusty when we're in Mitchell.  Not this time!  We're fine, dodging rain showers, etc.  While we still struggle with the holding tank valves and still have our kitchen sink drain leak, most things are repaired.  We've managed to not break anything else since leaving Shipshewana on Monday. 

Leaving Indiana Interstate Enterprises was with mixed emotions, though.  We're impressed and grateful for all that they got done on so little notice with so much work to do on our unit plus all the planned work on other scheduled customers, somewhat disappointed on what wasn't accomplished, and - unrelated - just tired of the soggy mid-west campgrounds! 

The top priority was have a trailer safe to travel to Wyoming and back.  And that's what we got.  Here's what they got done:  cut off, rebuild & reinstall door-side suspension; service the suspension (both sides); check and repair any caulking ssues; work on front caps to fix a new gap in the side wall fiberglass; install new A/C (heat pump); repair trailer skirt damage from the suspension failure (no paint); realign door-side basement storage door; and install kitchen sink (fell out of the island counter on the way up).

All that took all week, but they got us out of there by noon on Friday (and everyone else, too).  Monday was a 2-hour stop at Bud's Body Shop to get the trailer axles aligned (they were impressed with Indiana Interstates' work).  Headed west from there.  Stopped at a new-to us KOA northwest of Chicago for the night.  Next night was Oakdale, WI.  Last night was in Fairmonth, MN.  And as I stated earlier, we're in Mtchell, SD for a couple of nights (give Donna a break!).

Pictures:
Top pic is from Badlands NP back in the early 2000s.  It's a digital copy of one of the few true 35MM pictures I've been able to hold onto from all the hard-drive & backup failures we've endured since retiring.

2nd from top - replaced trailer skirting.

3rd from top - I couldn't back it into the aligment shop, but their guy did it in about a minute and a half.  We always let them do it since we started going there a few years ago! 

Next to last picture - Mississippi River at Lacrosse, WI. 

Bottom pic - that's what we've done this week, travel on the edge of the heaviest rain.  Apparently, it's going to be that way for for awhile.  Maybe all the way to Jackson!

Sorry for the long post, but that catches you up.  Thanks for dropping by and checking in on us.  Until next week, David