UH OH....

Well, we left Chicago last Friday and headed to Mount Rushmore. We stopped in Mitchell SD and visited the World's only Corn Palace for our lunch break. Treated the kids to some Icecream and added another penny to their collection of smashed pennies. One of the "corniest" stops we have made- but fun too. LOL About 3/4 of the way into our drive the computer thing in the car started to beep and say that there was issues. We stopped and Steve looked and it seemed fine, so we kept going. It kept dinging...but the car seemed to be running ok so we kept going. Made it to Rapid City, SD and where we were camping for 2 nights, about 9pm. Settled in for the night and decided to take the car into the shop first thing in the morning since it was Holiday weekend, and wanted to get back on the road the next day. Well, we spent the day at the dealer waiting- the shop was closing early, and they were unable to figure it out, and would be closed the weekend for the 4th. So they provided a rental and told us on Monday they should finish it.

Well, here we are on Thursday... still waiting. They have replaced everything that the warranty department has suggested and it is still not running right. They may have to replace the whole engine and pistons or something like that ( I am clueless) and it could take another week!! We should have been in Oregon today!

We had to cancel all the reservations and lose money there...have to skip Yellowstone and Hot Lava Springs- when we finally get back on the road it will be long days straight to Oregon. :(

Good news is there were some great things here in Rapid City, SD to see and do.

We seen Mount Rushmore 3X's, we seen Crazy Horse Monument, we visited Storybook Island and Dinosaur Park, and a few other attractions. We have been forced to sit back and relax. :)

But now enough is enough- I am ready to move on...

We have switched campsites 3 times now, actually the owner of the campground has had to move us, because the spots we were in were booked... and now we are in a tight spot- with no space outside of the trailer- we are squeezed between two others- Not good with 3 kids ( a screaming 2 yr old) and a dog! I am getting very bored and irritated, and I know it is killing Steve to be stuck- but nothing we can do.

This wonderful adventure we started to have is starting to turn a bit sour!