...with a little help from our friends!

...you good folks on this site, we enjoyed our first major trip(2524 miles) in "Troutmanor", our '98 2720SL. we followed most of the advice on tires, modifications, etc.so- thanks to you all for contributing to our pleasure.
we bought truck tires(6-ply, i think--husband would know for sure). they never gave a moment's concern.
we used an accutire guage from LL Bean. worked great. the wheel well fix gave us peace of mind. hal, we haven't done the screen door yet--but it would have helped a lot! and we still want to do the shower mod.
the folks at the car show in CO springs showed us how to get  walmart polyester shower curtain(s) to eliminate the stiff factory ones. they also realigned the TM and the door, etc.-- surely fits great now. and it is SO easy to lift/lower. they installed all new velcro--but it came off before we got to south dakota! bummer. we tho't we told them we wanted 3M this time, but regular home quality velcro was used. oh, well. back to jimmy davis for 3M!
the vornado fan was a real peach!!quiet, and great performance. we had a toyota weight distribution Valley brand hitch, but no sway bar. worked terrific. no problems whatsoever.
i even got to i.d. 45 birds, and add about 25 to my life list of birds. the best was the western tanager!  we fly fished, mt. biked, and canoed our hearts out. 35-40 rainbow trout in 4 1/2 hours one day.
only setback-- a $4000.00 concussion for me after tripping on a shore rock at dusk, while hurrying to get out of lightning. i had a float tube on my back and looked like a throwback to the ninja turtles when i fell. it was emergency room in rapid city, then tons of tests upon return--but i really never slowed down. no major probs.
thanks for reading, everyone. have a super august and beyond.
2swans