Running the Roads-Aug. 5-8

Am glad I married a mechanic!

If I was a superstitious person, which I am not (altho I do knock on wood now and then), then I would be glad today is over because our “bad luck” has all happened.  “They” say bad luck happens in 3s.  We had #3 today. No, it wasn’t a tire blowing out today; it was a landing jack problem.  No problem retracting when we packed up this morning, but when we got here, only the driver’s side would go down.  Looking for the blessing…..we were here in the middle of the day, it wasn’t raining, we had plenty of room to maneuver on the passenger side in the site.  I suppose I could go on, but you get the point.  After about an hour of twisting, turning, hammering, filing and whatever, he got it to work.  Ask him and he will explain it to you.  I just know it works.  Went out to Pizza Hut for supper.  Seemed like a good thing to do. Not a good enough signal to post tonight.  Maybe in the morning.  Saturday, the 7^th-traveled to Minot, ND.  No signal here, either.  Maybe tomorrow.  At a strictly overnight place…level enough to not have to disconnect.   OK, today is Sunday and still not a good signal.  We’ve moved on to Grand Forks, ND and are just off I-29.  We’ve traveled over US 2 and seen all sorts of crops, some we recognized, some we don’t.  Curt has to adjust the landing leg, but is going to wait until the sun goes down as it is 96 as I type this.  A little later I will go over to the office and hopefully get a signal so I can send this. We passed the geographical center of North America today.  Halfway between the southern boundary of Panama and the “top of the world”.  Took a photo of the monument which I will post another time.