Friday, July 29th

By way of background, when we arrived in Medora we discovered that our coolant 'surge tank', made of PLASTIC, had cracked and coolant had been oozing out.  I called Fleetwood (our motorhome manufacturer), who referred me to Freightliner the chassis manufacturer.  They in turn referred me to a repair facility in Rapid City, SD our next destination.  They ordered the replacement part and it was waiting for us when we arrived in Rapid City.  The trip to Rapid City was uneventful.  We stopped in Belle Forche for lunch and discovered that to be the site of the Geographical Center of the US.  It used to be in Kansas until Alaska became a state.  We arrived in Rapid City at 2:30 and took the motorhome to the repair facility.  We unhooked the car and explored Rapid City while repairs were made.  We found among other things some great parks, a Walmart and a Pizza Ranch restaurant, where we had dinner.  We picked the motorhome up at 7:30 and proceeded to Hart Ranch, the RV Resort.  This truly is a resort and not a campground.  It's the nicest place we've stayed since we started.  Something for everyone.  I'm glad we're here for 3 days.