August 25-27, 2009 -- Rapid City, South Dakota
Sorry it’s been a while since we last posted. Finding wi-fi was a little tricky.
Tuesday we drove from North Dakota to South Dakota, putting 260+ miles under our wheels today. After a nice morning walk around the cute little tow of Medora, we hit the road, driving through the rolling hills and hills and hills of rural S.D.Along the way we passed through the geographical center of the USA in Belle Fourche, SD. We arrived in Rapid City late in the afternoon calling a KOA campground home for the evening.
Wednesday morning we were at J & J’s Truck and Auto Body. Jeff the owner helped us get a quote and started the process of getting Allstate Insurance to agree to allow the work to be done to fix the MoHo. While waiting for the insurance company to respond, we did our laundry and made a run to the grocery store. Felt good to get caught up on the basics. We had a very nice evening sitting out on the slab where we were parked at the body shop (Camp J&J) – made a camp fire in our little portable fire pit, cooked some very good salmon, had a nice bottle of wine, fixed some s’mores and listened to the band Styx playing at the local fairgrounds about a half mile away. Crazy, but it was a very enjoyable evening. Surprising where we can find happiness.
Thursday we are still at J & J’s – Jeff tells us that indeed they will be able to repair the MoHo and that they will be removing the skins of the damaged bay doors this afternoon. The new covers will be made at a local fabricator; now we will just have to wait for them to be made and then reinstalled. Luckily we are finding our way around Rapid City, finding the necessary supplies and enjoying some of the local sights. We went through a very interesting museum called The Journey -- featuring exhibits of fossils and bones of some of the dinosaurs found in this region, to displays of the Lakota Sioux Indians who are native to this area, and to stories of the early gold miners. We spent a couple hours enjoying the museum and staying in the air-conditioning; it is fairly warm outside.