Our two weeks in Hungry Horse, MT were very relaxing. Clear blue sky, crystal clear and blue waters rushing by, and when you leave the built up areas vast wilderness areas with "Beware of Bear" signs everywhere. We found Montana to be a very nice place with so much diversity it was amazing.
Last week we found out that Carolyn's BIL Jimmy had been admitted to the hospital. He has been battling cancer for almost a year. Despite several reports of getting better it has just kept up the endless march forward. He has faced it head on and has continued to fight it at every turn.
We decided to curtel our westward tour and head back to Georgia and Thursday after checking for our mail we pulled out of Hungry Horse about 10 AM. We drove for 10 hours and ended up in Billings, MT at a Burger King. At least we got dinner and breakfast :)
Friday found us heading west about 7 AM. We covered a lot of ground (after missing a turn and taking a leisurely 1 hour drive up I94. At least it was all new stuff) and ended up in Imperial, NE about 7 PM and saw Nancy and Randy. They have been friends for about 20 years and it was very nice to see them and see the big city of Imperial. We will definitely get back and see them in the future.
Saturday saw us pulling out at 8 AM and arrived in Boonville, MO. We pulled into a rest area and were only going to stay for a couple of hours to grab some sleep about 8:30 PM. It got hot and I turned on the generator and didn't get up until 5 AM.
Sunday we pulled out at 6 AM and pulled into the south side of Chattanooga about 7 PM. We're plugged up and kicked back. We only have a couple of hours to get to the Dacula, Ga area tomorrow morning.
We plan to be in the area to assist the family in whatever they need. That is one of the benefits of this lifestyle, that you can do what you want when you need to. Most people have to work around their work schedules and while, would like to, it is just not practical for them to give the time necessary.
I've sat in the driver seat except for filling up for fuel for 45 hours over the last 4 days. I'm one tired puppy, arf, arf!
This is just to let everyone know where we are and what we are up to. Posting may get a little slower, sorry.
Later.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Fishing at Glacier
I have been a little remiss in posting. I thought I had posted about my fishing trip, but had just put in on FB, so sorry fans.
On Tuesday of this week I had scheduled to take some fly fishing lessons with a guide and have a float down the Middle Fork River on the west boundary of Glacier National Park. It was a beautiful day and I had done nothing for a few days to save my shoulder for the trip. The boat could hold 2 for the price and they had no singles that wanted to go. I decided that Carolyn would like to float the river also as it was supposed to only be 4-5 hours of fishing after the lessons.
We showed up at 8:30 to get started. The guide said if it was alright with me, we would do the lessons on the river instead of a little fish pond at their office. It was fine with me. We drove about 30 miles up the river to put in and were on the water by 10 AM. My lessons consisted of stopping on a sand bar and throwing about 10 minutes and then we were off. Great! It was about 55 degrees about that time and a little cool. The first couple of miles the guide had me getting out and walking/wading the bank. It was cold. I only had water shoes and shorts on, but we caught a fish every now and then.
I caught fish and this was my biggest.
It was a nice day and the fishing was pretty good even for a novice. I caught 13, hung but lost a couple of dozen, and got 30 - 50 bumps or hits. It took awhile to learn that I didn't have to set the hook. :) Carolyn ended up having a great time and was real tired when we finished. I thought she would get pictures of all the fish I caught, but as you can tell she did not. There are more scenery pictures though and they are great.
Steve and Debbie from Sioux Falls stopped by on their way through and we went fishing Thursday before they left on Friday. We just waded up and down a few spots for 3-4 hours. I ended up catching 3. Steve got this picture before we got separated.
It has been a good time here with the weather being in the mid 80's most of the time and getting down in the 40's at night. Daytime humidity is under 30% so it is real nice. A lot different than Alabama right now.
May have found an area to spend the summers, but then there are a lot of places we haven't been yet. :)
Life is pretty good. If it gets better I might not be able to stand it...
On Tuesday of this week I had scheduled to take some fly fishing lessons with a guide and have a float down the Middle Fork River on the west boundary of Glacier National Park. It was a beautiful day and I had done nothing for a few days to save my shoulder for the trip. The boat could hold 2 for the price and they had no singles that wanted to go. I decided that Carolyn would like to float the river also as it was supposed to only be 4-5 hours of fishing after the lessons.
We showed up at 8:30 to get started. The guide said if it was alright with me, we would do the lessons on the river instead of a little fish pond at their office. It was fine with me. We drove about 30 miles up the river to put in and were on the water by 10 AM. My lessons consisted of stopping on a sand bar and throwing about 10 minutes and then we were off. Great! It was about 55 degrees about that time and a little cool. The first couple of miles the guide had me getting out and walking/wading the bank. It was cold. I only had water shoes and shorts on, but we caught a fish every now and then.
It was a nice day and the fishing was pretty good even for a novice. I caught 13, hung but lost a couple of dozen, and got 30 - 50 bumps or hits. It took awhile to learn that I didn't have to set the hook. :) Carolyn ended up having a great time and was real tired when we finished. I thought she would get pictures of all the fish I caught, but as you can tell she did not. There are more scenery pictures though and they are great.
Steve and Debbie from Sioux Falls stopped by on their way through and we went fishing Thursday before they left on Friday. We just waded up and down a few spots for 3-4 hours. I ended up catching 3. Steve got this picture before we got separated.
May have found an area to spend the summers, but then there are a lot of places we haven't been yet. :)
Life is pretty good. If it gets better I might not be able to stand it...
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Fish and Glacier
While in Ekstroms Stage Station just east of Clinton, MT we kicked back and enjoyed the beauty and the local rivers to fish in. After my first foray into the local fishing, and falling in 3 times on the first day, I got better outfitted and never fell in again. :)
I had some neighbors that came in from the Carolina and California areas. Rudy, Ryan and Greg were there to fish. Greg had lived in the area for awhile and had some good pointers. I tried to act as a sponge and learn all I could. I guess it worked since I didn't fall in again and even caught another fish (total of 2) and got several strikes and hung another, but lost it. I didn't go all day like most other people did. I could go 3 or 4 hours and then would have to let the inflammation in my shoulder go down for a couple of days before I went back. Had a picture of the three guys, but deleted it by mistake. :((
One of our days out was to cross Skalkaho Pass in the Bitteroot National Forest. Beautiful area and after crossing the pass came up on the Skalkaho Falls. Even in the warm temps and the height of the summer, there was a lot of water coming off of the falls. The water was even good and cool to drink.
We left the area on July 26th and headed toward Hungry Horse, MT and are staying in Canyon RV and Campground. It is a nice place with some trees to provide a little shade and enough open space to allow for Satellite access. It also is only 9 miles to the west gate to Glacier National Park.
Usually as we ride through these forest and parks we miss the photo of the wildlife. It is so quick there is little time to reach for the camera much less take a picture. The other day I got a great picture of local park wildlife.
I'm not sure if this classifies as wildlife, but it was in the wild and huge, kind of like Alice and Wonderland.
The first full day here we went on the Going to the Sun Road. It is a fascinating and beautiful drive. We elected to drive ourselves versus the bus or touring car route so we could go at our own pace and stay as long as we wanted to at any one location. These pictures do not begin to offer what the view is, but merely offer a glimpse into what one may see.
As you can see very nice. We plan on extending a couple of days to see more. Stay tuned for the Logan Pass adventure.
Life is Pretty Good!!
I had some neighbors that came in from the Carolina and California areas. Rudy, Ryan and Greg were there to fish. Greg had lived in the area for awhile and had some good pointers. I tried to act as a sponge and learn all I could. I guess it worked since I didn't fall in again and even caught another fish (total of 2) and got several strikes and hung another, but lost it. I didn't go all day like most other people did. I could go 3 or 4 hours and then would have to let the inflammation in my shoulder go down for a couple of days before I went back. Had a picture of the three guys, but deleted it by mistake. :((
One of our days out was to cross Skalkaho Pass in the Bitteroot National Forest. Beautiful area and after crossing the pass came up on the Skalkaho Falls. Even in the warm temps and the height of the summer, there was a lot of water coming off of the falls. The water was even good and cool to drink.
The first full day here we went on the Going to the Sun Road. It is a fascinating and beautiful drive. We elected to drive ourselves versus the bus or touring car route so we could go at our own pace and stay as long as we wanted to at any one location. These pictures do not begin to offer what the view is, but merely offer a glimpse into what one may see.
Life is Pretty Good!!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Dream Comes True
I have always had a dream, even before fulltiming, of catching a mountain stream trout and eating it. Now with time the eating eat part has faded, but the dream of catching trout was still there. With the advent of the fulltiming thing I thought that it was even more possible especially seeing Howard catching some in the places he has been. Well as my previous post indicates (note: this is the second post for the day) I was licensed, outfitted and ready.
My neighbors left at good daylight, but I wanted to clean the front of the MH first. We (Carolyn was my photographer and the person that was going to try to catch me downstream) left about 1030. We drove trying to find the perfect access so she could watch and I wouldn't have to much trouble, and there wasn't anybody around to see my first foray into fly fishing.
We found a place and got Carolyn set up in her chair. I proceeded to enter the water and hadn't gone 15' when I slipped on the rocks and down I went. I had my hunting waders on and I believe the clod hopper boots weren't made for nimble rock movement. Plus these were 12" to 18" rocks to maneuver over. Lucky for me their high and I didn't get to wet. Downer was the vest I got seems to hold water. :( I figured out how to empty most of that out and proceeded on.
Learned an important fact. Walkie Talkies need to be in plastic bags, as they do not do well submerged in water. :( It is now in a bowl submerged in rice to try and dry it out. We'll see.
I wasn't to far from the bank and kept hitting the limbs behind me. It took me about 30 minutes to hang my fly in a tree and that was that. Now I had to come to the bank and recreate what these other neighbors had done for me in sitting me up. I'm here to tell you that I tied another fly on with a perfect knot (note here: Knots are important in fly fishing).
I put the purple haze on the guy in the store said they were hitting and got back to it. After another 30 minutes I caught my first ever trout. My trusty photographer wasn't ready, but came on strong. I told her to get a picture, she said, "I can't see the fish". To heck with the fish, its in the water take pictures of me, you can't take to many. Well, we worked through all that and came up with a couple of pictures. A nice rainbow trout.
Carolyn trying to find the fish.
The second spot was nicer and allowed me more movement. The first place had me in to deep of water which added my imbalance.
The day was nice, got some experience, caught a fish, got 4 other bites and only fell in 3 times. Carolyn wasn't ready the other two, but caught me after I got up. She says I got up to fast, I told her the water temp was 61 deg and it was cold.
Back at the MH drying out and warming up. Probably will go back tomorrow.
PS - my neighbors only caught 1 fish out of 3 people. :)
Life is pretty good.
My neighbors left at good daylight, but I wanted to clean the front of the MH first. We (Carolyn was my photographer and the person that was going to try to catch me downstream) left about 1030. We drove trying to find the perfect access so she could watch and I wouldn't have to much trouble, and there wasn't anybody around to see my first foray into fly fishing.
We found a place and got Carolyn set up in her chair. I proceeded to enter the water and hadn't gone 15' when I slipped on the rocks and down I went. I had my hunting waders on and I believe the clod hopper boots weren't made for nimble rock movement. Plus these were 12" to 18" rocks to maneuver over. Lucky for me their high and I didn't get to wet. Downer was the vest I got seems to hold water. :( I figured out how to empty most of that out and proceeded on.
Learned an important fact. Walkie Talkies need to be in plastic bags, as they do not do well submerged in water. :( It is now in a bowl submerged in rice to try and dry it out. We'll see.
I wasn't to far from the bank and kept hitting the limbs behind me. It took me about 30 minutes to hang my fly in a tree and that was that. Now I had to come to the bank and recreate what these other neighbors had done for me in sitting me up. I'm here to tell you that I tied another fly on with a perfect knot (note here: Knots are important in fly fishing).
I put the purple haze on the guy in the store said they were hitting and got back to it. After another 30 minutes I caught my first ever trout. My trusty photographer wasn't ready, but came on strong. I told her to get a picture, she said, "I can't see the fish". To heck with the fish, its in the water take pictures of me, you can't take to many. Well, we worked through all that and came up with a couple of pictures. A nice rainbow trout.
PS - my neighbors only caught 1 fish out of 3 people. :)
Life is pretty good.
Falling into It
It has been awhile, but we have done a lot.
We traveled to Hardin, MT last Monday. We planned that stop to see the Little Big Horn Battlefield. While I brought the camera, I forgot to get my card out of the computer. It was going to be a hot day with temps around the 100 deg mark. The campground, Grand View RV Park, has the driving tour CD's for checkout to drive the battlefield. The CD cost $16.95 and was welcome. It only takes about 1 1/2 hours to drive it and that was with stops to observe the terrain.
Regardless of individual feelings of the battle, Custer basically lost the battle because of lack of communication between the elements which caused confusion among the troops and a break down of organization.
When we finished the drive it was 99 deg. I was going to walk maybe 200 yds to the final marker. It was uphill and about 2/3ds of the way I had to stop and catch my breath. We left shortly after and went back to the MH and tried to stay cool. Later that afternoon the breaker on my pole tripped 5 times. Did I say it was HOT.
While there there were two harvest crews in the park. Talking with one owner he told me he had 7 combines and all equipment necessary to go from field to field and harvest and take it to the market. The farmer just pays him. He doesn't make to the South because of the average size of the fields. He said the biggest field he has been in was in North Dakota and was 11,000 acres. Now that is a big field by anybody's standards.
We had met some people in Cedar Key, FL back in February and stopped in Big Timber, MT on Wednesday to say hi to Mike and Janna. They are good folks and although we have only seen them twice now, it seems we are old friends.
Now Big Timber did not look very big and I thought it would be a quick stop, but we were mistaken. We stayed at Spring Creek RV Park and it was a pleasant surprise. Although they did not have what was reserved we regrouped and had to move once, but we got our three days. The site.
The Boulder River runs by the park and it really moves. Mike says it drops 5000' from the top of the mountains to where it enters another river.
At the edge of the Gallatin National Forest is the Natural Bridge. The water runs out of the mountains there and had cut a bridge in the rock. It has collapsed, but still goes underground and emerges downstream. When there is a large run off it runs over the collapsed bridge as there is too much water to go underground.
We had to move to another site in order to stay another night and have dinner with Mike and Jana. They took us around the area to see some wildlife and scenery and we were not dismayed by either. This is some amazing country.
Dinner with Mike and Janna was great and the scenery was wonderful. I kept my eye out for some of the bears they have seen lately, but did not see any. Not really sure I really wanted to. :) Since it doesn't get dark until about 10 PM the evening crept away to soon. We left with a nice picture of our friends.
We left Saturday and landed at exit 126 on I90, about 5 miles east of Clinton, MT. Wanted to go to Missoula, MT about 20 miles away, but they didn't have room. We are at Ekstroms Stage Station, Rock Creek, MT. It is alright with 50 amp and sewer and I can get sat TV. Everybody was walking around with fly fishing attire on. I took a nap and then we drove up Rock Creek Road into the forest. I had looked and saw that this road went all the way through and we could circle around Phillipsburg and back. The road ran beside to creek for almost the whole way, 40 miles. There were people fishing in a lot of spots. When I got back, I went to the local mercantile to check it out. I was informed that Rock Creek is one of the US Blue Ribbon Trout Fishing Streams.
Now it has been a dream to catch a trout out of a mountain stream. So, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to see if that could happen. I now have a license, rod, reel, flys, and desire. My neighbor in the park used to live here about 30 miles away and has come back with family to do some fishing. They went out last night and caught three in about 2 hours. I'm ready and as you can see can get into the water.
Stay tuned for progress. :)
We traveled to Hardin, MT last Monday. We planned that stop to see the Little Big Horn Battlefield. While I brought the camera, I forgot to get my card out of the computer. It was going to be a hot day with temps around the 100 deg mark. The campground, Grand View RV Park, has the driving tour CD's for checkout to drive the battlefield. The CD cost $16.95 and was welcome. It only takes about 1 1/2 hours to drive it and that was with stops to observe the terrain.
Regardless of individual feelings of the battle, Custer basically lost the battle because of lack of communication between the elements which caused confusion among the troops and a break down of organization.
When we finished the drive it was 99 deg. I was going to walk maybe 200 yds to the final marker. It was uphill and about 2/3ds of the way I had to stop and catch my breath. We left shortly after and went back to the MH and tried to stay cool. Later that afternoon the breaker on my pole tripped 5 times. Did I say it was HOT.
While there there were two harvest crews in the park. Talking with one owner he told me he had 7 combines and all equipment necessary to go from field to field and harvest and take it to the market. The farmer just pays him. He doesn't make to the South because of the average size of the fields. He said the biggest field he has been in was in North Dakota and was 11,000 acres. Now that is a big field by anybody's standards.
We had met some people in Cedar Key, FL back in February and stopped in Big Timber, MT on Wednesday to say hi to Mike and Janna. They are good folks and although we have only seen them twice now, it seems we are old friends.
Now Big Timber did not look very big and I thought it would be a quick stop, but we were mistaken. We stayed at Spring Creek RV Park and it was a pleasant surprise. Although they did not have what was reserved we regrouped and had to move once, but we got our three days. The site.
At the edge of the Gallatin National Forest is the Natural Bridge. The water runs out of the mountains there and had cut a bridge in the rock. It has collapsed, but still goes underground and emerges downstream. When there is a large run off it runs over the collapsed bridge as there is too much water to go underground.
Now it has been a dream to catch a trout out of a mountain stream. So, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to see if that could happen. I now have a license, rod, reel, flys, and desire. My neighbor in the park used to live here about 30 miles away and has come back with family to do some fishing. They went out last night and caught three in about 2 hours. I'm ready and as you can see can get into the water.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Upper Big Horn Mountains
After we got the MH repaired, we just vegged out let the storage bays air out and dry. It is kind of like watching grass grow, but at 13% humidity and an 8 mph wind it doesn't take all that long.
Sunday we started out about 9:30 to ride a loop up highway 14 into the northern Big Horn Mtns and make a loop and come back on 14A. The scenery was fantastic. Such a diverse area with the difference in altitudes. We topped out twice at 9300' to 9400'. That is on the roadway. There was a little ice/snow in places still left, some only 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the road.
We had a great drive, but we did not get back until 6 PM which made for a long day. The Big Horn mountains, both the upper and lower, is a beautiful area. I know we will be back, that is unless we go over the next hill and see something better. :) That has been happening a lot lately. Now that I know I can boondock, the world is my oyster. :))))
We're off to see where Custer met his match.
Sunday we started out about 9:30 to ride a loop up highway 14 into the northern Big Horn Mtns and make a loop and come back on 14A. The scenery was fantastic. Such a diverse area with the difference in altitudes. We topped out twice at 9300' to 9400'. That is on the roadway. There was a little ice/snow in places still left, some only 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the road.
The best views were while going up the OMG highway. It is the western entrance to the Big Horn Mtns on hwy 14A. It lasts about 10 miles and has 10% grade the whole way. I was going up and my truck ran up to about 220 degrees. It was narrow and did not offer a lot of availability to pull off. There were people pulling trailers, sometimes two, with SRW coming off the mountain. In my defense of not getting any pictures, there were such wide views I couldn't get everything in a picture to do it justice anyway.
We took a side trip in the Big Horn Canyon National Rec Area. It is pretty much a desert environment with a river running through it creating a deep canyon. The top picture is of that area. This area has 150 wild mustangs and Big Horn Sheep. We didn't see any Sheep, but did get a picture of a couple of wild horses. After all it was the middle of the afternoon with temps in the mid 90's. I would have been in the shade.
I got this new camera and allows me a 55-200 zoom. This was maxed out.We had a great drive, but we did not get back until 6 PM which made for a long day. The Big Horn mountains, both the upper and lower, is a beautiful area. I know we will be back, that is unless we go over the next hill and see something better. :) That has been happening a lot lately. Now that I know I can boondock, the world is my oyster. :))))
We're off to see where Custer met his match.
Friday, July 6, 2012
We Survived
Big Horn National Forest - Wyoming
We have been offline for most of this week. We had an opportunity to boondock with Howard and Linda. They have a rig that is really set up for this activity and I really thought I could get over my reluctance to put my foot in the water.
Our rig has A solar panel, Inverter, 6 house batteries and a generator. My daily activity on the solar did not meet my outgoing amperage from the batteries, thereby increasing my need for generator usage. We discussed over time several suggestions to increase my capabilities thus changing some parameters of the inverter/auto gen start.
Finally, the last night, I just jumped off the deep end and turned off the inverter. I came up sputtering and splashing and I had success. Nothing melted in the freezer, although it went from 0 to 16 degrees and withing 3 hours had recovered.
Now to the benefits. Wowie, Zowie did we have fun. We are just quiet nature lovers at heart and did we get our fill of that. After saying that, can you ever get full??? There was plenty of scenery even before we found our site. While doing that we did have a discussion with the Forest Rangers about what was available for campsites. End result we were right, they were wrong, and we went down the road and found a quieter spot, just couldn't see the snow all of the time.
The view.
Our campsite.
We had many more photos of the above, but you can not show them all. I can only say the wildlife, mule deer, marmots, Linda and Carolyn saw a moose, were fantastic.
On the 4th of July we took both Howard and Linda's See Eagle and my brand new, unpacked, See Eagle Paddleski to Tie Hack reservoir for an initial cruise. Carolyn was a little leery about how small and narrow it was, but 30 minutes into the cruise she was having a ball and felt more secure. As you can see.
I will admit to an overwhelming moment gliding around the lake realizing that July 4th, the designated day of freedom, and with us being totally free on the boondocking experience and finally doing things we had only dreamed about. I felt like William Wallace and wanting to yell at the top of my lungs, "F R E E D O M". You just had to be there. We have Howard and Linda to thank for this as much as anyone. They gave us their history and experiences to lead us and many others to believe that this experience can be anyone's. All you have to do is prepare and then dip that toe in the water.
We did have a minor problem upon leaving. An engine coolant hose burst before we made it out of the mountains. I made it to the pull off to check the brakes before continuing. Getting out of the MH we could see coolant running out of the storage bays. We proceeded to open and unload and try to get up as much as we could while making our calls to Coachnet to initiate help and assistance. The tow truck arrived at 1 hour and 45 minutes after pulling off the road. It took 2 hrs to hook up the motor home to the tow truck. 1 hour later we were at the Steve's Truck Service in Sheridan, WY for a Tuesday appointment. The mechanic looked at it during our discussion about where to park where so I could get some kind of power, and determined that he could fix it quick. :)))
It was a 5" piece of hose connector at the Aqua Hot (I figure for an engine bypass heater). That fixed, and 6 gallons of coolant and we were in business. Great because it was hot in Sheridan and all I was going to have was 15 amp power. (I didn't have a 30 to 15 amp connector) I was prepared to boondock again. I know I can do it now. It was just another day in paradise.
We were tired and found a local park, Peter D's RV Park. We're staying 2 nights and will get to see the OMG hill on highway 14 in the upper Big Horn National Forest. Stay tuned for more.
It just keeps getting better and better.
We have been offline for most of this week. We had an opportunity to boondock with Howard and Linda. They have a rig that is really set up for this activity and I really thought I could get over my reluctance to put my foot in the water.
Our rig has A solar panel, Inverter, 6 house batteries and a generator. My daily activity on the solar did not meet my outgoing amperage from the batteries, thereby increasing my need for generator usage. We discussed over time several suggestions to increase my capabilities thus changing some parameters of the inverter/auto gen start.
Finally, the last night, I just jumped off the deep end and turned off the inverter. I came up sputtering and splashing and I had success. Nothing melted in the freezer, although it went from 0 to 16 degrees and withing 3 hours had recovered.
Now to the benefits. Wowie, Zowie did we have fun. We are just quiet nature lovers at heart and did we get our fill of that. After saying that, can you ever get full??? There was plenty of scenery even before we found our site. While doing that we did have a discussion with the Forest Rangers about what was available for campsites. End result we were right, they were wrong, and we went down the road and found a quieter spot, just couldn't see the snow all of the time.
The view.
Our campsite.
We had many more photos of the above, but you can not show them all. I can only say the wildlife, mule deer, marmots, Linda and Carolyn saw a moose, were fantastic.
On the 4th of July we took both Howard and Linda's See Eagle and my brand new, unpacked, See Eagle Paddleski to Tie Hack reservoir for an initial cruise. Carolyn was a little leery about how small and narrow it was, but 30 minutes into the cruise she was having a ball and felt more secure. As you can see.
We did have a minor problem upon leaving. An engine coolant hose burst before we made it out of the mountains. I made it to the pull off to check the brakes before continuing. Getting out of the MH we could see coolant running out of the storage bays. We proceeded to open and unload and try to get up as much as we could while making our calls to Coachnet to initiate help and assistance. The tow truck arrived at 1 hour and 45 minutes after pulling off the road. It took 2 hrs to hook up the motor home to the tow truck. 1 hour later we were at the Steve's Truck Service in Sheridan, WY for a Tuesday appointment. The mechanic looked at it during our discussion about where to park where so I could get some kind of power, and determined that he could fix it quick. :)))
It was a 5" piece of hose connector at the Aqua Hot (I figure for an engine bypass heater). That fixed, and 6 gallons of coolant and we were in business. Great because it was hot in Sheridan and all I was going to have was 15 amp power. (I didn't have a 30 to 15 amp connector) I was prepared to boondock again. I know I can do it now. It was just another day in paradise.
It just keeps getting better and better.
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