WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25:

     Overcast when we woke up – 1^st day it’s not been sunny, I think.  But before we pulled out around 10:00, the sun was beginning to break through. 

     Drove around 300 miles total to get to Glacier.  Broke it up by stopping at Great Falls for lunch and then did some grocery shopping, as we won’t be around any big supermarkets for a while now.

   Then on to the next 150 or so miles to Glacier.  Needless to say, beautiful scenery as we approached closer & closer to the Rockies.  Quite a bit of snow on the near peaks.  Had little trouble navigating the mountain roads, except the last downhill grade.  Was very steep, and long – Bill thinks the steepest downhill we’ve ever experienced.  And even though he was in low gear, he still had to apply the brakes nearly all the time. Which of course made them hot.   So then he’d release, but then the truck would  speed forward.  So it was a constant balancing.  And when we pulled into the RV park, you could really smell the hot brakes. 

     Then, when we pulled into our campground site, had our first mini-adventure of the trip. Bill couldn't get the RV disengaged from the hitch - kept jostling it around without success.  Even left the site,& drove back in, hoping for a better position, I guess.  Anyway, all of a sudden, as I'm in the truck, the thing comes unhitched - Bill said from all the jostling - and the trailer lands on the truck bed.  With a thud.  Of course, I’m sitting there thinking, “Wonderful!  Now what do we do??”  Two or three other guys camped nearby saw what was going on and came over, and they all put their heads together to decide what to do.  One brought his 6-ton jack over.  So, aside from some dents & scratches on the truck, all was fine.  Thank God – no RV damage!   And thank God for angels in the form of friendly, helpful RV’ers.  It’s been our experience that most of our fellow RV travelers are more than willing to lend a hand whenever needed.  Knowing that’s the case really is a comfort when you’re in these isolated (relatively) areas.

     So got the RV set up for the next 9 nights here.  It was already 8:00 by now, so instead of starting a fire as we’d originally intended, we ended up taking the 2^nd container of frozen spaghetti out of the freezer and popped some garlic toast into the oven.  And, oh yes, some wine.

     After dinner, we both walked down the hill to the office.  They only have a WiFi hotspsot here, in the office and laundry room – nothing at the individual sites.  So Bill got me set up, and went home to clean up.  Was still light out at around 9:30 when we walked over. 

     Tomorrow we’ll make some sketchy plans for how to spend our time here.  We’ll also acquaint ourselves more with our campground.  Thanks to the Lord for getting us here safely, albeit with a bit of drama.