Friend or is it Beaver Crossing?

 We arrived in Friend, well not exactly in Friend or Beaver Crossing, but 

someplace in between:

 on 6-27 around 4:30 pm. After setting up we hade a wonderful meeting. The next day we reposition Gus to a different position.

All Female Riders 

We definitely saw lots of windmill parts heading westward

Remember a while ago, I mention some wiring I had to repair. Well the solderless splices did not hold up. So, I removed and used standard splices. 

Been spending some time with Dwight going over some of his woodwork he has been doing for the upcoming wedding. 

Right now, performing some clean-up on DaGirls Rv. Between Susan and I, we were able to complete the repair on our Splendid washer. This was after a call to Westland Sales as Skip suggested. I was already looking at removing both the top and bottom panels. This seem to be the best way to get the leverage to install the spring. 

Thanks to Skip, the washer is working well, I really tried to get Susan to purchased a new washer. But no luck.

Last night was chicken, fish, a few hamburgers and SWEET CORN.

Kim & Andy did a bang up job - prepping for their upcoming wedding of Breanna and Jade (did I spell this correctly ?)  Well, we'll see. 

We are off to a farmers market in Lincoln soon, this one is only open on Sunday.

A few of Dwight's handy wood working skills

Look what we found at Beaver Crossing Hardware  

This is a really neat Caulking Gun

Safe Travels and Journeys 

DaGirls Rv, Gus da Bus

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me 

Friend - FRIEND !

 Yep, that's what I wrote. Friend Nebraska, somehow we ended here. Yes, I know, I have not written anything, since we landed in St. Charles, IL.

Not only that, but I removed myself from the Honey-Do list. Some of you would say, But Dale, you're at Dana & Michaels place. You always do things around the house. Well this year, I am practicing the word No. Confidently I did help out and do small things. Our first place we stayed was the Kane County Fair Grounds. Simple and easy, however we only stayed a couple of days. Susan with Dana's help we moved over to Paul Wolfe County Campground and arrange for 14 days at $21/night. With the right words from Dana, we were able to extend our stay to July 6th. Where upon we moved back to the fairgrounds, for our remaining stay. 

Anyway, we woke up, broke camp and moved North to the West side of Burlington, WI. 

Exactly where ? to a Family farm outside of Burlington. Wayne, tried to setup a small rally going into the Oshkosh Fly-in. However no takers. It truly was a great place, to stay for a few days. Weather was good, we had access to water, place to dump the GRAY water. If really need be a place back in Burlington for the black. 

For those of you, who were thinking about going to Oshkosh, this is a Great Place to Rally and then go in. YOU PEOPLE MISSED IT. 

Aerial View

View of 2 really great coaches

Large Corn Field

Smoked Ribs  & Pork Chops

Good game of Washers to be had

The real reason Susan & I won.

Anyway, it was time to leave and head West. But that is for the next blog post, where many things happen along the way, which I will write about

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me

Safe Journey's and travels

DaGirls Rv AKA Gus

 

 

Landed in Custer

Friday July 3rd.

We packed up Monday night and were ready to head out next morning. We arose early on Tuesday, like we always do on a travel day. Finished the few small things inside and outside (except I left a Clean Water Hose behind), turned the ignition key.

Finished the few outside items and proceeded to head out. Susan went first and I followed her. Since this is farm country and dirt roads, we stopped at our usual place to connect. Since I started, I elected to continue to drive. Our time was 7am CSDT. Total distance to Custer was 490 miles

Our plan:  head to a TA in Grand Island and refuel. Our first refueling stop along our route to Custer, S.D. We took on 98 gallons our highest yet on the Gold. Cost $224.30 @2.299/gal TSD cost $

From here we headed west again on I-80, taking exit 300, then turning right onto NE State Highway (NE) - 11 heading north. This was a much smoother road than heading north thru Grand Island and faster. We made the turn onto NE - 2, heading west to Alliance, where we would turn North onto US 385 to S.D.

Alliance was also our stop or go decision point. This was 350 miles distance from Friend, NE. Our total distance was going to be 490 miles, so we had set this point to decide continue or stop for the night. 

Susan and I split our driving time, since we both felt good, we looked at the time, and realized we were an hour differences. This was due to be in MDST, WooHoo we gained 1 hour. Ok let's go the distance. We switched driver's and Susan headed us north on US-385.

Our planned next stop was in Hot Springs, S.D. were we would stop for refueling at a TA Express. We took on 63 gallons, this enabled us to top off the tank for the season. Cost $135.83 @2.149/gal TSD cost $

We arrived at Custer Mountains & Cabins at 3:30 MDST (4:30 CDST), about a 10 hr drive. However remember, we split the driving and when we switch we take a small break, walk Tilly and Dakota and stretch our legs. 

Ok, so this is it, sorry for the delay, but it was only been 3 days. 

Photos

Well the first set of photos were taken from Heading west on NE - 2.

This is either farm or cattle country. 

And I did miss some good shots as I was not even aware of them.

However our next series of shots were in Broken Bow. Jeff and Linda should remember this place very well. This was where the front bumper assembly of their car broke last year.

Along this stretch of Highway we pulled over again to switch drivers.

Our last leg from Hot Springs to Custer was easy.  We went thru Wind Cave National Park. We only saw 1 lonely Buffalo out on the plains.

Our last shots were us resting along with our close friends Beata & Rüdiger.

Ok, Covid-19 Safe conditions for us still apply, even more so right now.

Keep safe, and practice.

Safe Travels from 

DaGirls Rv

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me.

Oh, it is sooo much different then St. Charles or Friend. 

High Temp - 70's, might get to low 80's.

Low Temps - first night 40's and now mid 50's.

Talk about the Humidity ? A whole lot lower. Our noses definitely feel the difference.

We won–Brisket

So, let’s recap what’s been going on, since we landed in Friend, Ne., or really Beaver Crossing, Ne.

Susan is prepping to head over to the Chicago area to see relatives. While she is getting ready, I am doing a few things to Rv along with other small things.

Prepping for our Live River’s Edge Table, fixing Jeff & Linda’s AC, seems the condenser motor, which was replaced, went south. Called Ronnie, explained and he sent a new one out. Jeff’s instructions, send old one back and pay Via PayPal for a new Start Capacitor, which I rather install.

So, since Wed. here it is Saturday, work on table, do some work for Sharon Tisdale, move rock to out site to even up the ground, work with and instruct Jeff, on what to do in replacing the motor and re-installing AC unit.

And seeing Dwight in the hospital, after knee replacement.

But one of the biggest things? Brisket – Yes  Brisket, the Brisket that Andy’s makes , and boy is it good. Which he made and we ate on Friday. A whole 12 lbs, of brisket.

So, just a few things accomplished.

Along with a few photos of Seward, Ne. 

Safe Travels and Journeys

DaGirls Rv

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me