Awake: 5:43am Temp 61 sleep 6+11 sunny overnight @
Rock Springs, WY.
Dry camping is what people call this being parked overnight without any
hookups of any sort. These past (2) days is the only experience we’ve
really had of dry camping. It was ok. We would use our generator during
the afternoon & evening…..for cooking, cooling & charging the batteries,
then off @ night & through the morning.
I was looking forward to having an easy engine start with no white smoke &
smooth running engine afterwards but it took (5) tries….cranking the
engine for (4 sec) each time trying to start. Yikes! It appears that my
small problem has escalated into a bigger, nastier one. What did these
guys do? We decide to drive on regardless & plan on another Smith-Detroit
service operation to further solve this problem.
We leave the Rock Springs, WY area @ 8:25am. En route to today’s
destination, we stop @ a Blue Beacon Truck Wash in Twin Falls, Idaho to
have our home cleaned up on the outside. After that last dust job….on top
of the rains in Denver, it needed some professional attention. (3) trucks
were ahead of us for cleaning, so a total of 45 min later, our house
looked good again.
We arrive @ the Mountain Home R.V. Park in Idaho @ 4:35pm. Today’s travel:
8+06 time 431 miles 47.9 gal used 9.0 mpg 57.5 avg speed.
This RV park is new & is still being worked on. Their long pull throughs
(35X80), with grass separation (25 ft) between campsites, street lamps for
each site, easy off-easy on & wide streets make this a wonderful stopover
for a night or more.
Finally we have cell phone coverage again. Now the messages: One from Wes
in WY. He didn’t realize there was more to do for the recall notice, like
install a harness & sensor so call him as soon as feasible.
8:45 dinner: Boneless pork chop, brown rice, mixed salad, bread with
balsamic vinegar & olive oil.
Late evening: I send an e-mail to a colleague of mine who has retired in
Boise.
Satellite movie: “That Thing You Do” with Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Bill
Cobbs, etc. A likeable story set in 1964 about some young people in Erie,
PA, who form a band that, improbably, soars to success with a hit record.
Good entertainment! 1996.
High temp=97 Lights out: 12:22am
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