I arrived safely in Rapid City after a hard 2 day drive. It turned into a hard drive because of my decision to change plans midway through the drive. My modified route just didn’t have any decent rest areas.

Anyway, I found an RV repair shop to handle the awnings and topper. They’re even an authorized dealer for my brand so that helps. They recommended a truck body shop in town to repair the holes in the exterior. I got an adjuster out and he finished all the paperwork and let me know how to proceed. Great! I called the body shop the next morning and discovered that their next available appointment would be 1 week after I leave for the sugar beet harvest. There was a hard hailstorm in the area just a few days prior so they were already booked with those repairs.

With a little help, I found another body shop in the next town and will be dropping the RV off tomorrow morning. I should be able to pick it up Friday afternoon, then schedule the remaining work at the RV dealer. Keeping my fingers crossed.

My daily walks here in the Black Hills are certainly different than the ones in Florida. I can’t go more than .25 mile without going either uphill or downhill. Because of that (and some narrow, twisty roads) I haven’t even tried a bicycle ride but I may have found a suitable road for that, maybe next week.