We are on the road again...

Barbara and Glenn move in as this season's house sitters

Saturday, August 26, 2014

Evanston, WY
Phillips RV Park

We turned over the keys to Barbara and Glenn this morning and started on the road to our next adventure.  It didn't take long for the adventure to begin.  We are going up Sweetzer Summit on I-84 headed towards Salt Lake City when the check engine light comes on with a message that Coolant Fluid is low.  As we reach the summit a red light comes on that says STOP.  It blinks out almost immediately as we level out on the summit and so does the messages about coolant.  Ok we need to add some coolant but we have no idea where to add it and what kind of fluid to use, so Becky starts digging through the Freightliner manual.  Now it is Saturday and of course we cannot reach any RV repairs in the Salt Lake Valley.  We did finally find someone that answers a phone on Saturday for Steve's Truck Repair in Evanston, WY.  So we set up a meeting with Steve's mobil mechanic in the Walmart parking lot in Evanston provided we get up the steep grade coming into Evanston without the engine shutting down.   These new diesel engines have so many electronics that will shut the engine down so as not to cause damage.  We made it up the grade with only the "Coolant Low" message and no more threat to shut down engine. We arrived at Walmart and the mechanic filled the reservoir with coolant and we were off to the local campground by 4:00.  That was enough excitement for today.

Sunday, Aug. 27, 2014

Casper, WY

Fort Casper Campground

We woke up to 36 degree temps this morning in Evanston.  BRRR!  It was a long drive today as we traveled 358 miles from Evanston to Casper.  We did encounter some strong winds of 50+ mph but they were a tail wind on the I-80 as we traveled East.  It did wonders for our gas milage.  The campground is located next to the South Platte River on the site of the old Fort Casper.  The nearby museum was closed by the time we arrived.  The campground was nothing to brag about but we did get a Passport America 50% discount on the price.  It was a good thing since I would not have paid $43 a night for an all gravel lot with no picnic tables or trees.  We did get a pull thru site so we didn't have to unhook the jeep.  By the time we got settled into our site, we were too tired to do anything except eat dinner and go to bed.

Monday, Aug. 28, 2014

Gillette, WY

Cam-plex Center

It rained during the night but the skies were clear as we departed Casper.  It was a much shorter day with only 123 miles to Gillette.  Traveling across Wyoming, it was not difficult to envision herds of Buffalo roaming these wide open spaces.  The wide open spaces are now being filled with oil wells, cattle, sheep and antelope.  We arrived at the Discovery Owners Associations national rally site at the Cam-plex before noon.  The Cam-plex is a great place for RV Rallies since it has full hook-up for up to 300+ RV's.  This rally will be a little over 60 Motorhomes so we were able to camp near the building.

It was fun to look around at all the different Discovery Motorhomes from as far away as the East coast.

This is the building where we will be attending events over the next week.  Lots of seminars on Discovery motorhome systems, computer skills and tours to local sights such as Devil's tower.

We parked at the end of the row with the North West Adventures Group.  Our president Wally and wife Anne were on hand to welcome us to the rally.

It was fun to see all our friends and help make plans for the up coming week.  Becky has a golf game on Wednesday morning with other DOIA members and we will be helping with the food bank collection and selling 50/50 tickets to raise money for a local charity group.  The activities begin tomorrow.  We will try to get pictures and keep you up on what we are doing.

Lonnie and Becky