Idaho Falls, Idaho

     Yes, we have fixed the camper and moved to a new campground.  Hurrah!  But I must say good things about the folks at the Arco KOA.  They were the best in helping us with our problem.  It has been a hectic day.  We got up early (and had a nice hotel breakfast) then went to the parts dealer to pick up the spring.  The dealer convinced Rick to buy two spring sets even though only one is broken.  His advice was to replace both sides.  I read  something on the Internet that said the same thing.

     While Rick was buying the part, the repairman recommended by the campground to install the spring finally called.  We had been leaving him messages all weekend (his answering machine message left us in doubt of his usefulness, however).  This guy told me that he could fix the spring after work at 4 or 5.   We decided to look for someone else in town and eventually did get an appointment for early afternoon.

    When we started driving the RV out of the campground the tires on the right side were rubbing together, but not badly.  As we settled onto the road and got straight, they stopped rubbing, but were only 1/4" apart.  We drove at nearly walking speed the 1/2 mile to the repair shop.  The repair guys replaced one spring, but it took a lot of work to do it so Rick decided to only do the one.  We drove from the shop in Arco back once again to Idaho Falls without incident.  We are now camped along the Snake River, just a 1/2 mile from our hotel last night.

    I am so happy to be heading back home.  I am really tired of dust, heat, and desert landscape.  It can be beautiful (see the sunset picture) but it is so dry that my skin is all flaking off.   We will have to keep a close eye on the springs and tires, but our trip is mostly on the freeway.    We are both really tired tonight but took a walk to look at other RVs in the campground.  It might be time for a new traveling home.