May 17th through the 19th

Monday May 16th we got to the KOA and immediately went up to Mount Rushmore. It was exactly as we left it 6 years ago.

The 17th of May was really dedicated to dealing with our coolant leak. We got up pretty early to break camp and hook up the Jeep. After we sat at the Freightliner lounge for a while waiting for them to take a look at the motor home, we decided to go get lunch at a local diner. Food was ok. 

When we got back to the Freightliner dealership, I noticed the back engine hatch was open. I walked around, but did not see anyone working on it. I asked the service desk what was going on. They indicated that the factory over crimped a coolant line to the EGR. Unfortunately only one of the Cummins certified techs could work on it and he would not be able to start until around 4PM. The good news is they found it!!

We spent the afternoon re-provisioning and ran up to Camping World to pick up some of those refrigerator bars to keep the food from sliding toward the doors.

We headed back to the dealership to pick up the motor home. While hooking up the Jeep, Chris had the drivers window down. I powered it up halfway and it just fell down. This is now the third of the four power windows that broke.

After duct taping the window up, we headed back to camp. Immediately, Chris made an appointment at the Jeep dealership for the next day to get it fixed. Ironically, the day before we left on this trip one of the rear windows broke. The first one was fixed for free a few years ago by Jeep, but the dealers in Ft. Myers and now in Rapid City say the Technical Bulletin has expired.  $350.00 each… Ouch!

On the 18th, we went to Crazy Horse and drove the lower wildlife loop of Custer State Park. Prior to the loop, we stopped in Custer for lunch at the Buglin Bull. Of course I had the Bison Burger.

It was nice to see all of the bison, deer, antelope and of course the Jacks and Jennys.

There is a new visitors center half way the is absolutely beautiful.  We watched a 20 minute video of the State Park.

What a great day.

On the 19th we got up early to run the Jeep to the dealership to get the window fixed. Ironically, the Jeep dealership is right across the street from the Freightliner dealership. My brother and his wife Angel picked us up and we drove the Iron Mountain Highway and the Needles Highway.

When we were here 6 years ago, we did not drive the Needles Highway. Wow is it majestic and a little bit of a scary drive.

Sorry the pics are out of order. I will try to straighten them out when we have good internet.

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Jacks & Jennys