Today had some highs and lows to it. The highs, far
outweighed the lows just so you know. J
The day started out with an attempt to replace the auto retracting stairs on
the motorhome. The original set had a swing arm break. We tried having it
welded 3 years ago, and it held up for a while, but it finally gave up the
ghost as we tried to leave Rancho Cordova on this trip. We ordered a
replacement step from Amazon.com. It was delivered here to the RV Park. The box
was a little beat up, but the step looked like it was no worse for wear.
However, after about an hour of removing the old step, I was ready to install
the new step. The first step is to extend the step before installing it. I
couldn’t get the steps to extend and found out that a plastic bracket that
attaches two parts of the drive motor and the gear box was cracked. So, we have
ordered a replacement set of steps and are returning the first set we received.
According to Amazon, the new set should arrive Friday to the RV park in Hungry
Horse which is our destination on Thursday. Until then, we will take a tall step out to the little yellow step and hope one of us does not break our neck! :-)
The highlight of our visit to Coeur D’ Alene is the dinner
cruise that we took along lake Coeur D’ Alene on a ferry boat. It was cloudy,
but balmy, but not hot, the captain was amazing at the way he handled the ship
and the food was amazingly good. The experience started with us exploring the area
around the dock. There are a lot of very expensive boats around here. Obviously
this area has a pretty high tax bracket. Our Boating excursion started out with
an on time departure, but an immediate return to the dock, when it was found
out that someone who was coming on board to celebrate her birthday had missed
the boat by 2 minutes. So, captain skillfully returned to the dock, we picked
up our two missing passengers and then we were on our way. It was a beautiful
evening. We sat on the upper deck the entire evening. Though we sprinkles a
couple times, the tour was very enjoyable. The captain did a good job of
pointing out to us some of the interesting aspects of the lake. It was a
wonderful evening, and the roast beef dinner was amazing. It was well worth the
$50.00 per person that we paid for the experience.
Safe travels all!
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