We caught up on some paperwork yesterday morning and worked on the blog some before breaking camp at about 2:30. The motorhomes were rolling in right and left and we decided we better free up our spot so someone else could have a place to park. We needed to dump our tanks and fill with fresh water so we went across the hiway to the Winnebago Itasca Rally Park. This park is the gathering place of the annual Grand National Rally,in July for 6 days, where about 1,600 Winnebago Itasca owners gather gather to attend seminars, have work done on their rvs and generally have a good time.
The camping options didn't look too good at our intended destination so we decided to see if a casino on our route had any RV hookups. It didn't, but there sure was a mess of gamblers. The parking lot was almost full.
The reason we're looking for hookups is that it is still hot and it had been more expensive to run the generator all night than to pay for a campsite. We called several campgrounds around Austin, MN and although they had hookups and space for us, they were pretty pricy for just over night parking. We ran the numbers and figured it would be cheaper to run the generator than pay the excessive prices the campgrounds around Austin are asking. Maybe I'm just grousing because I had gotten used to paying $10 or $12 dollars a night in Iowa.
The dreaded check engine light is back again. We limped the last 20 miles into Austin where we set up night camp at Walmart. Research on the Internet suggests the problem might be caused by anything from a loose connection to a bad turbo charger. I'm just guessing at the error since I don't have a way to read obdc codes from a diesel engine. I'm assuming it's the same code we had read at the Freightliner dealer in San Angelo, TX that was supposedly fixed. The nearest shop that can work on it is 60 miles away in Rochester, MN so I'll call them tomorrow and see when they can work us in.
Meanwhile, the SPAM Museum is on the agenda for tomorrow. Sam I Am promotes “Green eggs and ham”, I say why not “Green eggs and Spam”?
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