MONTANA

May 27, 2016  Friday

Well, every RVer knows that sooner or later something is going to go wrong.  This time it was minor but inconvenient and annoying.  One of the four legs of the leveling system would not retract to the position necessary for traveling.  Of course, this happens the only time we have to be somewhere – the appointment at the vet for Ginger.  After fussing with it for as long as possible, we had to unhitch the jeep to drive to the vet. 

I’m happy to say that experience was a good one.  The receptionist  (I think she was the vet’s wife) was understanding and very helpful.  She even called the border crossing to make sure we had all the correct paperwork.  Since we had a Rabies Certificate showing that Ginger was current on her vaccinations, they completed a health certificate and sent us on our way.  No charge!

Back at the campground, we were able to study the owner’s manual a little more calmly.  With help from an internet search, Jill crawled under the motorhome, unplugged a connection, plugged it back in and lo and behold it worked.  After quickly reconnecting the jeep, we were on our way at the crack of noon. 

We only made about 200 miles,  but I think they were the longest 200 miles of the trip.  Long straight highway with not much to break the monotony.  Thank goodness for the cows, horses , ducks, and geese, all with babies.  Did I mention the road was long and straight?

Tonight we are in a real campground with hook-ups and everything.  Shelby, MT is the last decent sized town before we cross the border.  I wanted to do some laundry and make some phone calls before we get into Canada.  We won’t be using our cell phones for calls or internet for the next 2 weeks.  We can be contacted through Facebook or email, though.  This blog will be hit and miss also.  I’ll need to find a place with WI-FI to be able to post.  It should get more interesting, though.  Mountain scenery coming up. 

Here is a couple of our neighbors in the campground.  Sorry about the poor exposure.  I'm still learning the settings on my camera.