April 24, 2016
Santa Rosa Campground
Santa Rosa, NM

We continued up US285 to a town called Vaughn and then we took US54 into Santa Rosa. The total distance was 112 miles and it was a fairly easy drive with good smooth roads. Santa Rosa is a very small town but they have several hotels and a few restaurants. Their claim to fame is having historic Route 66 go right through town.

Santa Rosa Campground is a small family run park with dirt roads and sites. Most are pull thru but only a few have full hook ups.

This is not a great park. It will be OK for the 2 nights we are here. They have a pool, small store, gift shop, and a restaurant. They specialize in BBQ and the food tasted good. However the price was a little expensive. We paid $40 for the two of us and it was served on paper plates.

Here are a few pictures of our site and the campground.

The pictures say it all.... We'll be glad to be moving on.

At the last park we started having trouble with our front hydraulic jacks. They were slipping down several inches. I checked for leaks and found none so I assumed it was a faulty solenoid or check valve allowing fluid to leak past the valve. In order to maintain a level rig I put the king pin stabilizer under the king pin. This worked for a while but the weight on the rig snapped the light duty chain. The next day we left so I used the stabilizer again here at Santa Rosa and instead of the chain I used a couple of heavy duty carabineers. That seemed to hold but it became clear the stabilizer was not going to hold the weight. Marilyn suggested putting the RV back on the truck but I chose to keep working the problem. I put in a call to Lippert who makes the jacks and they suggested a few tests of the hydraulics and solenoids by a professional and in the meantime said I should put the rig back on the truck before the jacks failed. We then considered several options for getting it fixed like having a mobile RV tech drive here from Albuquerque and even us taking the rig there. Marilyn then found what appears to be a certified Lippert RV Tech in Monument, CO just north of Colorado Springs. We then booked a reservation for Wednesday at a KOA park in that area (Fountain, CO) and booked an appointment with the RV Tech for Thursday. So we are leaving here Tuesday (4-26) and stopping in Raton, NM for one night and then heading over Raton Pass (can't wait) to Fountain, CO on Wednesday (4-27). So we changed the schedule a bit to accommodate the repair and hope to be back on track by 4-30 at Cheyenne Mountain State Park  in Colorado Springs.
Later after reading the Lippert owners manual I did discover that the hydraulic fluid has been low since we got the RV from the dealer (unclear markings on the reservoir). I did add 3 quarts of fluid and the jacks have been holding since then so I'm hoping that turns out to be the simple fix......aren't RVs are fun?