Actually, the RV was due its 20,000 mile service anyway, so this stop served two purposes - I hoped. Anyway, they checked me in and took my complaint information and Lil Pumpkin went out of sight. Sort of like checking your kid into the emergency room at the hospital, leaving you sitting in the waiting room. But, it wasn't that bad. Their customer lounge was well outfitted. We had a TV remote so we could watch what we wanted. There were the usual coffee and a vending machine and several relatively recent magazines. Even Ditto was allowed to sit and wait with us. The wait wasn't too bad, either, maybe an hour. Then the service manager said Lil Pumpkin was ready, but there were a couple of problems. #1 - they couldn't duplicate the miss problem, the main reason we brought it in. I'm sure the tech tested by stomping on it. #2 - as part of the 20,000 mile check-up, the on board computer software is checked for updates. As service bulletin indicated there was an update, but their Internet service was down and they couldn't do it. I asked if driving the RV back home might cause damage with the miss they could not duplicate. They thought not. So, $300 later, we hit the road, hoping we wouldn't have any serious trouble going home.
By now, Joyce was smelling the barn and, I guess I was too. We were beginning to feel the need to get on back home. But, part of my bucket list was Devils Tower National Monument, even though we've been there before. So, we headed southeast down to Greybull, Wy. where we picked up US Hwy 16 east. We camped at Lost Cabin Campground in the Bighorn National Forest.
We were on the outside row of the main road through the camp. Behind and below us was a long low creek valley. We had a perfect view and a fellow camper told us to watch for the deer and maybe a moose or two. Of course, we didn't see any. But, we did see a beautiful field of blue wild flowers in the creek valley and a camp full of kids on bicycles across from us.
