We are still at the casino. Spent last night in the lot. Tonight we are in the rv area paying our $10.50. Shirley is washing clothes while we are parked That is usually $8.00 at a coin laundry so one of the two is nearly free.

We gased up this morning. The gas posted the day before was $2.26.9, today it is $2.19.9. We put in $100.00 worth. We got 6.78 mpg. The only expense so far on the chassis is a new radiator overflow bottle. For the coach, we had to replace the shower control on the wall as it leaked, and a new hose. The leaked is about fixed and the hose replaced the split one we had. The fixture still leakes behind the wall. A little bit of silcone and that will be history. This winter we will have some body work on the front and rear to fix the cracked fiberglass and some other work. The rear one is mine compliments of a flying J in TN.

Tomorrow we plan on going north on I29 about 60 milesto Oxbow and stop for the day. We are making 60 mile hops and headed west to the bad lands on ND. Once we get there we will be in a federal park where I can get a golden age pass. Hopefully there is lots to see. From there its a short trip south to the black hills of SD. We will get our mail in New Salem too. Its been 2 weeks.

One later planned stop is the fall escapade in IL in Sep. After that its headed to Texas and the VA clinic to get my 6 mo check up and new Rx meds. I have a left knee, actually left of the knew, problem when I kneel and put my knee down. I get a sharp pain.

The wind is really blowing, has been all day. At times, it has been over 30 mph and them gusty. But its cool at less than 80. Just glad I'm not driving in this!! Also, we have cell service on the interstate. Its when we are off on the back roads that we lose service. And thats is most of the time since we see more on the back roads. Email works well for us if you cant get a phone call through. Calls from ATT, now Cingular, are free and dont count on our cell time. Besides. we have yet to use our 450 minutes. And we dont pay roaming charges.