RV Problem Found

The Durabilt transmission shop called and said that the problem is something called a "speed sensor" which is in the dashboard near the speedometer. There is another speed sensor on the transmission itself. The one on the dashboard is not working correctly and so that was why it kept dropping out and sticking in first gear. So apparently, we will be able to limp home by driving at 20 mph when this happens and then it resets itself.

The other interesting thing is that there are apparently only 4 of these speed sensors for a 1990 Toyota 3.0 V-6 truck engine in the US. Jerry looked on the internet and may be able to find one. If so, he is going to order it and fix it himself.

We went to Mass this morning at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Idaho Springs. It's a lovely old (1900) church with the altar of marble, a baldachino and the Trinity and Holy Spirit symbols on it, the Tabernacle is right behind the altar where it belongs. There is a beautiful statue of the Holy Family on the Mary side of the Church and also a beautiful big statue of the Sacred Heart just to the left of that. The stained glass windows are of the Titles of Mary on the left of the church and the Mysteries of the Rosary on the right.
The feel of the church is of tremendous holiness. They have Perpetual Adoration 24-7 (we could not find the chapel) and the Catholic Schools for Idaho Falls are at this parish. Apparently Idaho Falls is predominantly Mormon. We found that Idaho is the most Mormon state besides Utah. There are 3 pages of Mormon churches in the phone book and only 3 Catholic parishes.

After Mass we spent 5 hours walking all over town. They have a fantastic local history museum called The Museum of Idaho and it had an article on wolves and dogs and the entire history of how wolves might have been domesticated. They also had a really good exhibit on the local history and that was quite fascinating. They use all retirees as docents for their museum and the old folks tell wonderful tales of the region. One elderly gentleman regaled us with tales of cutting wheat and harvesting potatoes by hand, and of going to Washington State to work the apple harvest as a boy. We really enjoyed this! We also discovered the Great Harvest Bread Company, which serves hot whole grain bread by the slice and also every other baked good you can imagine. We had cinnamon rolls. MMMM!!!

Tonight we had dinner at Olive Garden. Chrystal's homemade spaghetti is BETTER!

All in all we liked Idaho Falls. We learned that Jesus loves to show us how well He can take care of us, but sometimes we have to wind up in situations that make us need Him more than we think.