Welcome to Wisconsin, and Mechanical problems

We spent a couple of days in a Sioux Falls, SD KOA. We signed up with a mail forwarding agency, obtained our South Dakota drivers license, and begin the paper work for transferring vehicle titles to South Dakota. The process was painless, and took only a few hours to accomplish. We still haven't changed our official address on our vehicle insurance or any other documents, but plan to begin those actions soon. As we left South Dakota, we drove through Minnesota planning to drive to another KOA near Oakdale, WI. However, we began have some strange electrical problems with the dash instruments. When Ted turned on the headlights, the entire group of warning lights on the dash came on. We spent several hours finding a truck repair and having them check out our alternator, batteries, and numerous fuses. When they couldn't find anything wrong, we again hit the road but spent the night in a KOA near Rochester, MN. The next morning, a Sunday, we headed west on I-90. About 11:00 am, at the intersection of I-90 and I-94, suddenly the motor home engine quit, the horn began blaring, and Ted somehow manhandled the RV with jeep towed through the intersection and to the side of the road. Luckily there was not much traffic at that time of the day. Ted checked all the fuses, and their connections again, called the Freightliner hot line,and finally AAA road service. We sat on the side of the road until 3:00 pm, when Motoridge Towing's lowboy flatbed tow truck arrived. The first tow company that AAA called never showed. The Wisconsin state police never stopped to check on us, alleging they couldn't find us on the side of the road. Image that, how could they miss a 40' motorhome with jeep behind it when they were given the exist number we were near on I-94. Motoridge Towing took really great care loading the RV on the flatbed, and delivered us to Kimpton Truck service by 4:00. Motoridge is a father/son company and they highly recommended Kimpton for repair work. We spent the night in Hampton Inn, Tomah, WI, less than 1 mile from Kimpton's location. We returned to Kimpton's the next morning to check on the damages. Mitch from Kimptons was able to locate a loose wire under the Cat engine, charged us $50 for his time, and we were happily checking out of the Hampton Inn by 10:00 am, on our way to Eagle River, WI for the night. The next day we drove across the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and spent a couple of days at Bay Mills Casino RV park, Brimley, MI.