Our first night in our new home and we both slept like logs even though it was windy; it’s amazing what a little hard work will do for you! We were ready to go by about 8 this morning but we waited to see the dealer guys before leaving just to check on a few things. We said goodbye to our little trailer and hit the road heading north to Rapid City, South Dakota.



The drive was close to five hours but it was a lovely drive through more open countryside with lots of green for miles. It didn’t seem very different to me pulling the fifth wheel as opposed to the trailer but I’m sure Mike will take a little while to get used to it what with the height and length being more. As far as I could tell the truck did fine with it, she didn’t have any trouble at all, and even with the wind that was blowing there was hardly any movement – having dual wheels sure makes a difference.
We stopped a few times, mostly for bathroom breaks, and after getting on the wrong frontage road we finally made it to the camp ground around 3 this afternoon. The park (if you can call it that) that we are staying at tonight is owned by the people who now take care of our mail forwarding, Americas Mailboxes. So far we’ve had no trouble with the mailing part, but they really need to work on the campground as it’s basically just a big parking lot right along the side of the highway. It does have full hook ups which I am grateful for but at $25.00 a night the rates are a lot steep.




We went to the office to get checked in at the office and all was well until the woman gave us a sheet of paper explaining about shutting of the water and emptying our tanks in cold weather. Since it’s supposed to get well below freezing tonight she wanted us to do this this afternoon. Mike was a bit bewildered as in the cold weather we usually just leave our water running a little and when he asked about doing that he ended up having a long conversation with the owner of the place about cold weather water habits. He apparently has been a full time Rver for a number of years (not that that means too much sometimes) and really wanted us to follow his instructions. Mike never wants to do what he’s told however, and finally the guy said that leaving the water running a little would be fine.
Finally we started getting set up in the howling wind only to discover that the water didn’t work too well. Mike had to get the owner who told him it would only take a minute to fix, but turns out he didn’t have a clue and a person staying at the park had to come help him out – so much for his years of experience!
We had intended to spend a few days at this park while we took care of getting driver’s licenses and things, but after the hassle and the state of the park we are only here tonight and will be taking off in the morning. I’m glad we are moving as we are almost parked on the freeway and the wind is whistling through here like nobodys business.

Mike: They can keep this park! I'll go somewherre else!