Well, when we left you last night it was about 9pm. The tow truck finally arrived at 10:45 pm to load us up for a trip into Rapid City. It was almost 8 hours after our first call for roadside service!
With all of the people that vacation in motorhomes in South Dakota you would think there would be more companies that have trailers to tow them in for service! They finally found a company in Ridgeview – 2 hours and 20 minutes away from where we were - that would come to help! There was some miscommunication between the insurance roadside folks and him because he didn’t bring a lowboy trailer. It was more difficult to load us onto his truck because of the weight and our motorcycle ramp. It took almost 45 minutes to get the RV onto the trailer and secured for our 75 mile drive to Rapid City.We rode in the tow truck as we “raced” down the interstate going between 30-50 mph depending on the hills! One of the other things we had to watch for was the clearance on overpasses. With the RV up so high, we needed almost 17 feet of clearance or the air conditioner would get ripped off the roof!
Tobey found the state’s website with clearance heights and we had to go up and over a few. There were three other times that Tobey held onto the tow truck door and leaned out as Ted was driving to see if we would clear. It was nerve wracking!
When we got to Rapid City, we had to find a parking lot with a slope near the Discount Tire where we could unload because the motorcycle ramp on the back of the RV drags with too much angle. It took over an hour to unload and we scraped a deep rut into the asphalt in the parking lot! Tobey is going to take the RV in to make sure the ramp is okay.Once off the truck we had to drive 1-1/2 miles with the flat and finally arrived at Discount Tire at 2:15 am today. Ted followed us there to make sure we made it and then was on his way home – around 4 hours away!
We slept in their parking lot (not long or well) and were up and ready when they opened at 8. Fortunately, it was a valve stem and they had us repaired and on our way by 9:15.
We had planned to spend yesterday and today “meandering” home and sightseeing on the way. We were too tired to do anything other than drive back home, stopping only for gas, lunch, and to change drivers back and forth.
We arrived home about 4pm and have most everything unloaded. Tobey and I both feel like we have jetlag, so it will be a VERY early bedtime for us tonight!
It is always an adventure when you travel with Tobey and Sue … fortunately, it did have a happy ending. The RV is good, we are safe, and we will give it a few days before we start thinking of our next trip!
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Your trips are starting to sound like some of ours. We have had a flat on the trailer on our past 3 trips. Glad you made it home safely. Life is an adventure.
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