Didn't take long on the highway to find that YES, the Cruise Control is working. A little different than the original but great to have. I don't think we would have completed trip without it, far too hard on Art's legs. In conjunction with the Exhaust Brake, it holds the cruise speed up and down hills, even long fairly steep ones.
The shop told us that the cruise control stick was not Freightliner OEM but was in fact a GM part. It would seem that my tech's supplier had made a substitution. Apparently, the original part required an additional electronic module which was built into the new one. Once the additional module was removed all was well. Although the recommendation on the work order was that the OEM part be installed.
The only things we lost from the fridge being off for three days was 2 litres of milk and one package of frozen smokes salmon. We thought about the salmon but the package stated "keep frozen" and it was quite soft so we chucked it. We had 6 frozen lamb chops which were fresh when frozen so figured they should be good--lamb chops for dinner three nights in a row is not a struggle.
What was really annoying was that when we mentioned this to the tech who had worked on the rig he said that we should have mentioned it and they would have plugged the rig in each night to keep the fridge running. Oh well.
The rain seem to have left us for the most part, engine running fine, things are good. After an enjoyable run to Susanville through some very picturesque (Or as B-I-L would say "Pictureskew") country we arrived at the Susanville RV Park at 3:00PM. We could have gone on a bit further but that would have left us at Reno or at a Truck stop and frankly the last few days had left us a bit stressed.
Mount Shasta. Essentially cloud free for once.
The road from Mt Shasta City to Susanville.
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