Jul 05 2008
RV Adventure, Day 23: Sheridan Wyoming to Mount Rushmore
We slept in, but as the sunlight bathed the mountains and cleared out the deer, cars once again ventured up and down the roads and the traffic noise eventually work us up through our open windows. We did the usual morning routine, snapped a few pictures (the scenery was actually quite nice from the outlook) and the hit the road.
Enroute again we stopped in the city of Sheridan for some quick shopping. I once again made a few more phone calls to local repair facilities in an effort to find someone to attend to our still ailing truck, but being the Saturday of the fourth of July weekend it quickly became clear that everybody was closed tight.
Anxious to get to the Mount Rushmore area we simply pressed on - the truck was running better now that we had descended from the high altitude, seemingly having an easier time making boost again with the now denser air. It was far from perfect, but it was performing much better now, so my fear that we actually had fairly serious engine problems started to fade away as it seemed that the problem might be nothing more then a partially blocked catalytic converter. We could deal with that later - the roads ahead were easy in comparison to what we just surmounted.
We made good time and arrived at the KOA Campground we chose to stay at in the early afternoon. We discovered upon arrival that this was actually the second largest KOA Campground in the entire KOA system, and despite being borderline stupidly expensive (Really, $75 a night for a campsite?) it did offer a great deal in the way of entertainment, from several pools, a small water park, hot tubs, water slides, and a large variety of activities.
We checked in for two nights and crashed for the rest of the day while the kids played. We would save the tour of Mount Rushmore itself for tomorrow.