31 May 2008

Hi: We are now in St Mary's next to the Glacier National Park. We have been out of WiFi for a couple days, and having trouble with the Motor home.

We could not get our slides to come in while in Wyoming, so I called the Workhorse facility in Billings to get an appointment to check some things out. Well, got an appointmnet for the Wednesday after Memorial day, so we got to Billings on Tuesday and I checked in a campgeround about half a block form the garage. Checked it with them and got the Motor home there at 0800 on Wednesday. Had to have them check the slides, they fixed with a new diode, then they found short in the wiring for the blower motor, adjusted the ABS system (Didn't work, Light still came on before I got out of Billings). While checking the fan belt squeal he found the alternator bearing was shot, so had to have a new alternator, then noticed the exhaust pips were loose so he got new gaskets for them, then noticed that I had a bolt broken off for the exhause manifold, and it was leaking there, so he had to take that off and get new gasket for that, and drill out the broken bolt, then re-tap the threads for a new bolt. Well, he broke the tap off in the hole and didn't have a tap extractorl, so had to wait another day for him to get a extractor. It got there yesterday morning and he got things fixed and we got on the road at about 1400, less about $2100.00 for his labors and parts. Our insurance did pay be $543.00, so it would have been that much more had Inot had the insurance. Any way we got to Grand Rapids about 9 PM, and got up this morning and took off for here. We plan to stay here tomorrow and drive thru the National Park, then go on up the road to Canada and start the trip there.

I'ts been one heck of a few last days. Amy and I are still beat. Hope to get a rest place in Canada someplace. Someplace with WiFi I hope.

Semper Fi

Don, Amy & Pharaoh