{"id":22794,"date":"2026-07-02T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=22794"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:14:49","slug":"rv-life-re-start-6-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2026\/07\/rv-life-re-start-6-26-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"RV Life Re-start 6\/26\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaving Flathead Valley for the 2nd time in Wild Thing II.&nbsp; This time with a lot more experience in the Bigfoot than last launch:&nbsp; passenger seat removed so Emmett can enter easily, cupboards and basement organized well, extra stuff back to storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">?It was hard to store the Yukon again.&nbsp; I was spoiled having it in Columbia Falls for errands, grocery runs, etc.&nbsp; We\u2019ll see. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saw the most colorful rooster in Paradise, MT at a small park:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22796\" style=\"width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637.jpeg 892w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1637-40x40.jpeg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-1024x767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-150x112.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-960x719.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1-53x40.jpeg 53w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1645-1.jpeg 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drive was beautiful.&nbsp; The Clark Fork River valley is as beautiful as I remember \u2026 more so.&nbsp; It was rainy, foggy, cloudy but Paradise to St. Regis was stunning even so.&nbsp; St. Regis a bit disappointing as it just gave off a vibe not unlike Anaconda as in \u201cnot much joy\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RV park \u2026 nice person in office but it reminded me of the east U.S. campgrounds which were weekend \u201ccamp\u201d retreats vs the RV trip spirit.&nbsp; Campfires, messy outdoor setups, kids, ATVs \u2026 blech!&nbsp; My site was narrow but with bushes and terraced sites gave more privacy than I expected.&nbsp; Still, I got wet and hot setting up.&nbsp; Off leash dog area and trails but wet, tall grass and weeds. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1643.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being so tired, I then had a hard time going to sleep.&nbsp; I paid for 10 days and was not feeling happy about it but kept telling myself it was supposed to be rainy and I could just hunker down, walk with Emmett, get a video(s) out, i.e. plenty to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving Flathead Valley for the 2nd time in Wild Thing II.&nbsp; This time with a lot more experience in the Bigfoot than last launch:&nbsp; passenger seat removed so Emmett can enter easily, cupboards and basement organized well, extra stuff back to storage. ?It was hard to store the Yukon again.&nbsp; I was spoiled having it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22794"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22809,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794\/revisions\/22809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}