Again, I'm feeling very grateful and blessed that we can do this trip. It has been an wonderfully aggravating and rewarding experience all at the same time. And I would not have traded it for anything.
Camper issues are always lurking and there are several things we need to do but nothing holding us from continuing. We keep saying we will fix X,Y and Z when we get to Chris's place. The hardest part has been the planning and finding places to stay. It is a lot more stressful and time consuming than I thought it would be. We are now experimenting with dispersed camping and the first experience at Carbella's Campground in Emigrant, MT was wonderful. The second attempt was towards Delmoe Lake area but we did not make it 1/4 mile down the 10 mile access road. Ended up at Lewis and Clark Caverns Campground for the might.
Our site at Martys in Kalispell, MT
Ron was such a wonderful host.
70 something years young and I could have sat and chatted with him all day long.
A very interesting man with uncommon knowledge.
We are both very impressed Harvest Host and especially BoonDockers Welcome. I would say 80% of our stays have been with them and mostly with BoonDockers Welcome. All the hosts have been wonderful people and eager to help in any way they can make our stays enjoyable. These are seriously good people. The same for all the additional guests at the sites that had more than one staying a night.
We got lucky today. I was cooking outside on the grill and the weather changed fast. I got the burgers off the grill just as it started to rain. Once inside we heard the rain on the camper. Usually a soothing sound but today it very infrequent and loud. It kept getting louder until we both realized at the same time it was hail. Nothing damaging and it was over in about two minutes. Then it bright sunshine and blue sky's. It reminded of my childhood growing up in Nebraska.
I took a ride up to a ski area on the Western side of the Teton's. It did not disappoint. As always when riding around these mountains the views change so fast it is hard to believe they are the same mountains.
We did some adulting today. That is our term for doing the necessary things like paying bills and answering emails. My retiree medical account changed banks last month. Two plus hours on the phone later I have the new information coming so we can pick it up at Chris's when we get there. Fun, fun fun.
Sunset tonight.
TTFN
Doug and Nancy
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