I would stay longer but the laundry room here is out of order and I am out of clean clothes! Plus, without a tow and on a 2 lane highway, 60 mph, no shoulder … I am not brave enough to ride my e-Bike into town.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Door Dash is available from one of the groceries so I was able to get an order of a few things I was running short on … Coffee was the most dire!!

I am moving to an RV park on the edge of town that is walk and bike able to town and has working laundry. I wanted to explore Dillon more. And the new park is treed. I love the wide open space and views at Countryside, but it is getting hotter … 84F today.

Emmett after our after lunch walk. I laid down on the bed to cool off. He joined me briefly and then moved to the cool floor which also happens to be right under the main blast from the air conditioner!

You can see the mountain in the background which is my view out the “passenger” side. What is also nice is that the way the sites are angled, my neighbors do not block my views and it doesn’t feel as close as it might.

And a bit hard to tell, but a nice amount of grass on my entry side. Emmett and I sit outside in the cool mornings. I put the awning out, but wind tends to come up in the afternoon and today it REALLY came up as we had two lines of thunderstorms with wind whoosh through.

It has been a wonderful stay here and I might be back. I have reservations at 2 small towns not far away so will be meandering in the vicinity. Will see how I feel after exploring the next 7-10 days and what weather does also.

As usual, have talked to some wonderful people here including the park owner. I stayed here many times in the Winnebago, but current owner is new and is prettying up the grounds. There are no amenities for kids so it is all adults and very quiet. Lots of dogs but I am happy to say, everywhere I’ve been so far people clean up – yea! It is not that hard and makes for a much nicer experience walking around.

See you in a new spot tomorrow!

I have always been a bit “bah-humbug” about the 4th of July. While I appreciate celebrating the birth of the nation, I am not a fan of fireworks … visuals ok but not the noise. But I sure don’t intend to view whatever shenanigans the “government” decides to host and/or participate in.

There … grump over. Thankfully, neither Emmett nor Oscar are bothered by the sounds. It doesn’t get dark enough for the “show” until after 10:00 p.m. and we will be closed up and snuggled in bed by then anyway.

It is 7:10 a.m. as I write this. 50F with blue skies and singing birds. We are enjoying a quiet morning.

It was a cool night with rain off and on early and then clear.

We all slept well and woke to a beautiful morning. There is grass all around the perimeter so Emmett and I can get in a long walk and not be close to other RVs. There is also a nice large area in the middle and and easy access on the west end right near where we are parked for shorter outings.

I enjoyed every moment outside looking at the mountains, the sky and clouds. I got out my chair to enjoy a morning coffee outside and then did some RV chores.

By 2:00, it was mid-70’s outside and warmer inside … time for A/C for Emmett and me … the heat wimps.

I was back and forth between working on trip logs and puttering in the kitchen.

Holy Cow … lots of memories surfaced on the drive today from Missoula to Dillon.

One thing that keeps surprising me is that in the Winnebago, driving mode with slides in was different than parked mode with slides out.  In the Bigfoot with no slides, all is the same with the exception of things being stowed for travel:  Oscar’s litter box, some kitchen counter items and my dinette charging station.

And then the RV park:  Countryside RV Park.  There is another park close to town and I spoke with 2 couples at Missoula who always stay there and say it is nice.  It looks to have trees and “town” is walkable.  Countryside is rural … kind of semi-rural now, but still.  It is “Big Sky”!! even with a few more houses around. 

I was at first thinking that I should have booked at Southside (town adjacent) but now that I am here, I am so happy to be here. It is 4 miles to town on a “frontage road” which is a 2 lane 60 mph state highway.  I drove it from a lovely grocery:  Town and Country Foods.  They had some great breads including locally made bagels.  Also some local made tortilla chips … tortillas also, but I bought a lot of tortillas in Missoula.

If I can make the trip on my e-bike I might try to stay longer.  Right now, I am due to leave Monday the 6th.

Photos and more tomorrow.

And bonus … Oscar only howled briefly before moving from the little sofa to his cabover bed.  Progress!!

I had walked Emmett, taken a rinse off shower and was so tired but realized gray tank was full as shower did not fully drain.

Put on some clothes and went out to empty, berating myself for not keeping track because I just wanted to crawl into bed.  The tank takes a bit over 5 minutes to drain and I was impatient.

BUT … walking around the RV when it was done and looking at dark clouds to the south-south east …

June 29

Rained almost all day and is wonderfully cool.  I have even run the furnace off and on. 

Good news is that a site opened up on the 30th AND I can stay in my current site.  On the 1st, I move to Dillon for 5 nights.

I’m missing having a car and rain is a bit heavy for the eBike.  BUT Walmart delivers so I was able to order some things I was running low on and they brought them to my site.  I need to do laundry (clothes, not bedding) but tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy but not all day rain so hopefully get in done in a dry spell.

Otherwise, another low key day working on setting up logs for travel and catching up the blog.  Bought a template for Notion to try.  I’ve tried to learn Notion twice before.  I’m hoping that without work pressure and the template, I can make better progress.  

Made myself good food, several walks around the park with Emmett and a few rv chores.

June 30

Mostly overcast but a few sun breaks so got laundry done (this was regular laundry not the bedding done on 6/28) which was a chore … 2 full loads and my trolley is a bit too light duty.  Will put something else on my list … maybe a collapsible wagon or ??  But for the moment and if I stick to doing one load at a time, it is fine.  I had 2 loads mostly because of wet towels from 2 days of rain and wet dog!

I cleaned up my Quicken for RV Expenses … mostly.  Need to review Checking and Chase Amazon but have categories and a method.

Giving Notion another shot … spent too much time on it today instead of video.  Tomorrow is a travel day, but then 4 days in Dillon so should have some time.

Cleaned Dyson … yech but it REALLY needed it as I somehow sucked up liquid stuff – not sure what.

Tried to fix/stabilize bedroom sliding door.  I’d like to remove it but need to do that when in Bigfork so can take it to storage.

Dog walks without getting rained on which was first time since leaving Columbia Falls on Friday!

Took some 360 video of gardeners working on the lovely garden area on my site.  Off to look at it now.

Sleeping well but needed a nap after laundry and breakfast which I had at noon.