While our coach was at Cummins awaiting diagnostics, we stayed at a nearby pet-friendly La Quinta hotel:

A pretty basic room:

Paladin wasn’t keen on the car journey, but settled in at the hotel after a while:

The room did have a view of a nearby mountain, behind another hotel:

Also a less scenic view of the freeway:

Being in a hotel room without kitchen facilities, we ate out for dinners and breakfasts (and ate leftovers for lunch). The first night, we walked across the road to a Claim Jumper restaurant (my first experience of one):

There was an IHOP (International House of Pancakes) next door to the hotel, so we went there for breakfast:

For lunch, we had leftover pizza. Then for our second dinner, we went to a nearby Olive Garden:

For our second breakfast, I went and got takeout from IHOP while Jenn had a work meeting:

After that, we were able to go pick up our coach from Cummins, so we loaded our stuff back in our truck and headed back there:

The Cummins visit and hotel stay was an unexpected and unwelcome hassle and expense, but it’s all part of the RV lifestyle. As someone said, plans should be made of jello; when things go wrong, we just need to handle it as best as possible.