Before we left Star Valley we had to winterize our Bighorn fifth
wheel. Here the snows are deep and so many buy or build boxes for the roof of
their fifth wheels. The purpose of this is for safety to prevent the person who
shovels the roof from falling through one of the skylights.
Draining and bypassing the water heater, the next step was
to run rv antifreeze through the waterlines. It’s really easy with our rig as
we have an attached hose that one inserts into the gallon jug before running
the faucets till they turn pink.
Finishing we hooked up to our new, (to us), rig and headed
for Casper. There I had my last doctor appointment. As we neared Casper we got
an email saying my appointment was in Riverton, but we continued to Casper, and
camped at an rv park.
The next day we drove to Riverton and made the mistake of
stopping at two of our favorite rock shops. Exchanging lots of perfectly good
money, for rocks, we left happy as we had found some beautiful Wyoming jade, a
new mine find called purple sage, (a purple muscovite mica), and some finished
green jade knifes.
The doctor’s appointment was good, no change in my heart,
and the next day we left for the long trip to Florida. Seventy-five miles down
the road the low coolant light came on! Opening the hood, I saw that some hose
had blown and we had dumped all of the trucks coolant.
A quick call too Good Sams and five hours later the tow
truck showed up having traveled all the way from Casper. Luckily a dealership
was in Wheatland and two hours later the problem was fixed. It was the same
hose that had failed last year and the problem was the repair shop in Afton had
used the wrong pressure hose, (I definitely intend to return next year to have
a discussion with the service department).
Our next hop was to Ogalalla, Nebraska and then on to York. At the rest area we spotted a beautiful baby snake which we move to a safer place. It was coiled up under a bench and it soon would have been killed by a less understanding visitor. We are now parked here for two days as there is a Gem and Mineral show in Omaha
where we plan to exchange more light weight money for rock ballast for our new rig.
After all Lucy, (Renita), and I can never have too many rocks! Clear skies
Travel Safe!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that everything went well (after the truck stop) - the Dr. appt. and the new rocks. Have a safe trip to Florida.! We are leaving for Iowa and Illinois, Wednesday, for a couple weeks. C
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