On the Road Again

We have finished our assignment in South Dakota and our now heading back to Illinois (In the past I would have said heading home...can't say that any more!!!)  We left Spearfish on Monday October 3rd.  We left the RV in Rapid City for some minor repairs. (To fix a problem from Fred's accident in January and some other minor things).  We were able to spend several days in the Midland-Milesville SD area with our daughter Jen.  It was so good to see her and to see how excited she is about her job as a Vet Tech with Golden Vet Services.  We only had a small honey do list to help her out and help her prepare for her first winter in South Dakota.  We were invited to her landlord's Rick & Marlis Doud for dinner one night.  We were able to have some home grown South Dakota beef from their ranch!!!

We finally picked up the RV on Thursday afternoon, and of course there was a problem....  The work they did on the front of the RV looks great..however, when we hooked up we realized that the marker lights on top did not work.  After an hour of troubleshooting, they determined that they would have to pull the whole front cap off the RV to see where the problem was, at a cost of $95/hour and at least 6 to 7 hours of work.  We decided that it wasn't worth it and we just won't drive at night!!!

Our plans to leave on Friday were delayed due to high winds (sustained winds of 25 gusts to 60mph!!) So we spent an extra day in Rapid City. We finally got on the road on Saturday, Oct 8th.  We travelled uneventfully to Sioux Falls, SD where we had a nice dinner with our friends Tom & Shelly Wray. On Sunday we travelled through Minnesota and Wisconsin and saw some beautiful fall colors.  We spent the night just south of Tomah WI. Monday we again realized why we like the west... no traffic... As soon as we got near to Madison WI we started seeing alot more vehicles. Thankfully, there wasn't much construction.  Fred was finally able to get his bbq fix in Janesville, WI where we stopped for lunch at Famous Dave's!!!  We arrived at our campground (Pine Country, Outdoor World) in Belvidere on Monday afternoon.  We set up camp and spent a quite evening before heading into Chicago to see the families.