We left Rapid City on Thursday morning with the objective of spending the night at North Sterling State Park in Colorado again. The park is 10 miles off of our planned route but it is quiet and we really liked it on the way north. The coach ran great all day and our only problem was the wind that was strong and gusting from our left all day. The good news is that the coach hardly minds the wind except for its effect on power and gas mileage. We did make it to the park and spent the night snug as a bug despite the howling wind.
On Friday morning we left for our next planned stop at Cheyenne Mountain State Park just south of Colorado Springs. Again this was our stop on the way to Rapid City and again we decided to spend two nights because it is so nice. Carol and Gordie joined us at the park again. The wind wasn’t as bad on Friday but the fog was terrible. It was dense fog the whole way – most of the drive was with about 1/4 mile visibility – pretty scary sometimes.
We spent the day Saturday resting and doing laundry. Carol did the laundry – the facilities are very nice – while I did a little maintenance. I fixed two rattling valances and cleaned the throttle and choke mechanisms on the carb – just a little spray can work. Also had a campfire with Carol and Gordie and their daughter-in-law and two really cute granddaughters. 
Sunday morning I discovered a tire was low on air – intermittent leaks? – and my Harbor Freight tire inflator quit while I was trying to fix it. I had to run down to O’Reilly and buy another one – this one is guaranteed for 3 years. The HF one was probably guaranteed for a month or so? The tire held up fine all day – I’ll check it again before we leave. Sunday night we are in Santa Fe but we don’t have cell reception. As strange as it sounds, all of the carriers except Verizon work here – Verizon cell phone don’t. Our internet connection through Verizon does work but it has the advantage of a roof-mounted cell antenna – I good idea from an old buddy named Dan Gregg.
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