7/26/1010

On Monday, we drove to Watertown, SD. We could not get refrigerator to run on gas and no power coming from batteries. It didn't seem that they were charged up by the drive nor by the generator. Sooo, we went to a RV park on Kempeska Lake 8 miles from Watertown. Cost was $21 per night. I asked the manager if there was an RV service center in that area. He referred me to Fireside Camper and don't go to the other place because they were sarcastic and had been known to bilk people. So the next morning, I called and they said to bring our rig to them. They could not find anything wrong with the batteries but did not have proper testing equipment because they don't deal with inverter/converter set ups on travel trailers etc. We did need the circuit board on refrigerator replaced and he "untangled" the awning over slideout. Total cost $299. $85.00 an hour labor for 1 1/2 hours. Was glad to give them our business though. A couple run the business, she in office and he in the garage. He was a National Guardsman that had been deployed 3 times and got home from Kuwait on 4/1. She told how she had to keep telling her 2 year old about Daddy so the child would not forget him and that they used Skype to celebrate their Christmas together.

Stayed the night at Lake Kampeska again.

Wednesday, we drove from Watertown, SD to Grand Forks, ND. Stopped in Fargo at Flying J for fuel. No battery power again. They referred us to an RV service place in Moorehead, MN which is just across the Red River from Fargo. That guy was the same as the first. Said we need to go where they service large rigs. Near Grand Forks, we saw an RV park and pulled in for the night. The owner here said there is Leisureland in E Grand Forks, MN and I will call them tomorrow AM. He thinks they will take care of right away since we are "on the road".

Just north of Sisseton, SD, we crossed the Continental Divide. This is a north/south divide and now I know why the Red River flows north to Winnipeg.

Saw a bar in Sioux Falls called the "liebrary". I thought how appropriate, the more they drink, the bigger and better stories they tell.

Cisco got loose from Al this AM with his leash on. He knows just when to lunge and pull away. Another camper helped get him.

We don't have satellite TV tonite because a tree is in the way.

Will see what tomorrow brings.