The trailer service at MORryde - while early morning - went find. Several parts were replaced and we were out a little after noon. Problem with me going to MORryde is that I see things that would be useful to add to the trailer. This time it wasn't expensive. They've developed motion sensitive step lights for the StepAbove steps. We bought a package of them (two to a package), and we'll install them at some point. Word to the wise: If a MORryde rep offers to show you the product displays while you're waiting during service, stay away. Stay far away.
Trip out around Chicago was overly busy (no pandemic here) and rough on both truck and trailer. At one point driving over roadside curbs would have been easier on the rig. No joke. We'd sustained serious front suspension damage if we'd hadn't been in stop & go traffic.
We spent a couple of nights at DeForest, WI to rest up, then bounced along I-90. And I do mean bounce! Rocking horse bounce. Wisconsin sections of I-90 mostly OK. Minnesota...well, there's a lot of bounce, then there's not so much bounce. What little we've traveled in South Dakota indicates we'll continue to bounce as we head west.
Current plans - OK, reservations - are for an overnight at Presho, SD, Wednesday night. We move on to Hill City, SD Thursday where we plan to spend a week. We'll continue on to Jackson, WY via Casper, WY and Dubious, WY. Plan to arrive at the fish hatchery May 17th. We want to make a day trip up to Yellowstone before we start work that following weekend.
In other news, for the first time in our RVing "career", we experienced an overbooked situation for a site type we'd made reservations for. Campground wasn't full, but the full-hookup sites we'd fit in were overbooked. There were water & electric sites available that we'd fit in, but the directions from the office staff required us to drive through trees to get to them. Word to less experienced: If you're unfamiliar with the campground, don't be afraid to walk the campground first. (I should have, but didn't.) Many RV parks haven't really started trimming their trees, yet, this early in the season.
Also, be aware that early in the season, campground staff may not be fully familiar with the RV park (or RVs for that matter). So far we've stopped in a RV park where the fact that we were a 39 foot 5th wheel trailer didn't really "register" with the staff working the front desk. You're a 39 foot long trailer so we'll give you a site that turns out to be about 50 feet long. Ok, where would you like us to park our 22 foot long tow vehicle? The lady with the golf cart that lead us to the site realized it was too short when we pulled in and called the front office to switch us to a longer site. (Side bar: as the lady on the golf cart was talking on her walkie-talkie to get us a longer site, the guy in the site next to us was "loudly" telling her that we'd almost hit a tree limb along the campground road to the site, and they need to trim back the @#$%^$&*%$# tree limbs. I took it that he'd made this recommendation before.)
By-the-way, there are campgrounds that we stay at where the longest sites are only 45 to 50 feet long. Most have an area where it's convenient to park your tow vehicle or toad. We typically plan to unhook, so it's no problem for us (and makes it easier to go refill the truck with fuel.)
Ahhhhh...life in a RV.
So that gets up up to day with us. Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us. Until next week, David
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