Travel Blog

We heard back from our insurance person, and the decision is to have the RV folks fix our RV, not scrap it. The estimate for all the damage came to about $13,000, and honestly that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The dealership was given the green light to start the work, so now all we have to do is wait a couple of weeks for all the parts to come in, and then a couple of weeks after that for the work to get done, and we'll be back in our RV. We can't wait. We are happy the folks here have been so kind as to give us a place to stay, but it's just not the same. It's actually the first time I've ever lived in a dorm. Phil says this place is a lot nicer than the dorms he lived in. We don't have a communal bathroom, and that's the biggest perk for me. The dorms we're staying in look like little cabins.

We're staying in the one on the left (2B). These were just built this past year. I had to take the plastic wrap off the shower drain, it's so new. Here's what the inside looks like (excuse the mess, won't you please?)

Phil's not too happy about the twin beds, but I sort of like sleeping alone for a change. No one steals my covers.

While we wait for our RV to be fixed, we get to drive around the park and see the sights. We took the Wildlife Loop the other day, and I think they named this road pretty accurately. Here's all the wildlife we saw (no wild donkeys yet, but I'm hoping to get pictures of them this weekend).

Pronghorn deer:

A horse (ok, I guess this horse isn't wild, but you get the drift):

A buffalo scratching his belly on a rock (I hope that's what he was doing, anyway):

A buffalo staring at us (sort of looks like he's trying to tell us something):

A field of buffalo (feed them; they will come):

Prairie dogs (only one is shown here, but take my word for it - there was a whole village of them):

Deer:

And a yellow-bellied marmot:

We started work on Monday, and that's going well. Phil had his first day working the front desk of the lodge today, and he said that went well. I'm working in a warehouse, getting all the retail merchandise ready to go to the stores. Same old, same old for me.

Thank you to everyone who told us they were thinking of us during our RV troubles. All is well, and hopefully by the end of May, we'll be back on wheels.