The banquet was wonderful - they truly are like a big family and so supportive of each other - the best kind of competition that you can have!!
We left Jackson on Sunday morning after having fed and dropped and then started through the pass going to Pinedale - it was sketchy and scary but we made it OK - the bad part was when we got on I80 and they started to display signs that said there was slippery roads ahead = well until you see it you don't believe it so we were surprised going around a fairly sharp curve on the expressway and saw black ice and snow on I80!!!! the thing that made it worse is there were 60mph winds and it made the trailer "break loose" when we hit the ice!!!! Jesus moment................
We made it to Sidney, Nebraska (the original Cabelas ) and we parked it their lot - during the night the generator quit again and Randy had to get up in the 3degree weather and plug in and start our smaller backup generator so we had heat in the trailer!!
So in the morning we looked up the place close that could repair our big generator (the smaller one has a hard time keeping up with the needs of the trailer...ie. microwave, toaster....) We drove there and in my words, they thought that going down the road with a lot of bumps caused the gas to pass into the oil and make it hard for it to run.............well they took it in this huge John Deere shop and figured that out and then didn't charge us a thing for the hour they spent troubleshooting!!!! Talk about Nebraska hospitality!!!
But........after that we stopped to drop dogs and the generator had quit again and then further down the road it had quit again!1 so we got as far as Des Moines Iowa and are parked in a Lowe's parking lot and using the less adequate smaller generator to keep us warm tonite - for sure Randy will have to get up at least once and put gas in the generator cause it won't go more than 7 hours -and of course we are having the worst cold snap of the season!!!
Should be to Iron River, Wisconsin tomorrow all things being good!!
Found a Honda dealer in Des Moines and just bought a new generator for $2300!!!
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Doesn't look like there's an end in sight to the cold snap so I hope the heater is fixed soon! brrr...
Looks like (from my stalker efforts) that you'll be able to get to Iron River by dinner time. Are you parking near any conveniences or will you be out in the middle of a race site? I hope you can either unhook for a bit or are in a location where you can get to food, internet, etc...
Love you - safe travels!
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