Wednesday 28 October 2009

Awake: 7:17am Temp 28 sleep 6+30 clear sky less wind overnight @ Boise
Meridian, Idaho.

We left the Meridian campground @ 10:50am with smooth roads continuing on I-84. The scenery & beauty of the hills, plains, mountains & canyons are just so amazingly different as we roll along....it's very entertaining to say the least.

Our target campground for today is Pendleton, OR. Kathy found a brochure @ the Meridian RV Park that featured underground tours of Pendleton's infamous & entertaining past; I'd like to see this also + there is another CAT Service Center in this town which is right next door to a campground. I am still not convinced that the new cap I put on the anti-freeze reservoir changed anything.

I asked Kathy to call the CAT Service dept & see if they could fit us in today. She talked with the manager & Rich said one of his techs would take a look @ it if we get there before 3:00pm.

We arrived @ the Caterpillar Dealer @ 2:34pm.

Today's travel: 217 miles 4+50 travel time 38 gal used 5.7 mph 45 avg speed.

I went into the office & introduced myself to Rich & gave him the short history of my woes. Immediately he assigned Bruce to get after it. Bruce was very thorough & he did find a slow hydraulic leak...which he tightened, but no clues on the loss of anti-freeze. Bruce hinted that we should have a pressure check done on the system but would not have the time today. So the boss Rich invited us to bring our coach back tomorrow & he would have a pressure check done 1st thing in the morning.

Kathy drove our Suzuki down to the Lookout RV Park & I followed her with the M.H. into campsite #37 for the night.

Dinner: hay & straw (ham & pasta).

Evening movie: "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with William Keighley, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, etc. Dashing Flynn in the definitive swashbuckler, winning hand of de Havilland (never lovelier as Maid Marian), foiling evil prince Rains, dueling wicked Rathbone. Arguably Flynn's greatest role. 1938. Yes, Technicolor...in 1938! Great scenes with lots of action & romantic moments. Add it to your list...another one that Kathy stayed awake for.

Lights out: 12:06am.