So I got distracted at a gas station in Yellowstone, and I caught the ladder on a low roof and ripped it off the van, wrecking the door along with it. Dammit. In this picture, you can see that it crumpled the top of the door, and destroyed the hanger that the ladder sits on. Good thing we don't have an air conditioner, or it would've been much worse. (The tape around the seam was makeshift weatherproofing, since I was 1200 miles from home.)
This was the culprit right here, at the Old Faithful gas station.
So I had to get the door replaced ($2500) and get a new ladder. I wanted a minimal, low-profile ladder that wouldn't impede a hitch-mounted bike carrier, and liked the ones that I saw at vannon.com. Since they're a local shop, I had them install it, too.
June 2019
