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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe drive along the west shore of Flathead Lake was beautiful, but smoky. I took video and yes, as always … a video in progress but I don’t know what or when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stayed at Whitefish RV Park three times, but it was 2009 the last time. Yes, I looked at the website but I didn’t pay enough attention to gallery photos or reviews. I was focused on being e-bike distance from Whitefish and my memories of a small RV park with lots of trees…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RV park was awful (IMO) … far too many sites, too close together. No “office” as per the owner: “I’m not sitting in that little red building (pseudo office) for anyone!”. ’nuff said. I had to do a lap of the park to reposition to get to my site. After my lap, I said to myself: “No”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pulled to a place out of everyone’s way. A package from Chewy (pet supplies) had been delivered and I needed to get that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The owner waved me on. I got out and walked toward her. My Chewy package was on a side by side to be delivered by a work camper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I said: “I am not staying.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conversation which entailed astonishment that I was unhappy with RV park. I was silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I walked toward the side by side. Owner said: “I am not refunding”. I said: “Fine”. She said: “Don’t you want your Chewy package?” And then she stopped the work camper from bringing it to me on the side by side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You better scamper over there and get your Chewy!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poor work camper! He was obviously not happy but handed me the heavy box. I carried it and loaded and pulled out to cries of: “You are crazy”, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I headed for Columbia Falls RV Park. I knew they had space for the night at least and actually had space for the week … spendy, but comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, at the start of the travel day, Oscar was hidden under duvet and again, wet the bed. I discovered this at St. Ignatius market. We had a good parking spot so I stripped all and partially made the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arrived Columbia Falls RV Park and made the decision to take a “premium” pull through spot for 5 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I cancelled a scheduled Uber for Whitefish RV Park and rebooked for Columbia Falls RV Park to get the Yukon out of storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HOO RAH! So nice to have the Yukon. All of the bedding into it, also the Chewy box and packing material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
End of day 7\/20\/2026 we are in a gorgeous end spot with our own little yard. We have the Yukon and all prep for next day garbage and laundry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hot, tired … Emmett and I walk, I shower and go to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7\/21\/2026 … I had big plans to be at a local laundry at 8:00 to get the bedding going. The RV park has a nice laundry but since I had 2 comforters, 2 duvet covers, a bottom sheet and a “waterproof” mattress cover … the BIG laundry was the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before laundry, though … on yesterday’s drive, I spotted an RV Park overlooking Flathead Lake. I looked at all info and sent a reservation request. The park phoned me this morning, we chatted and I booked a week. So … next week, i.e. through August 1 is booked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to today 7\/21\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started at the big laundry about 9:45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The laundry is less than 5 minutes away so I am able to start things, set my timer and return to transfer to washer, check for dryness. All done by 12:00 ish, plus I had lunch and was ready to head out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To The UPS Store where I have my domicile address as well as they hold\/re-mail my mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the storage place where I store the Yukon. I wanted to change how I store the Yukon but unfortunately a location for that was not available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A stop at the Welcome Park for a walk with Emmett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home via Cowgirls Coffee where I got an ice cream cone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yum. Shared with Emmett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that is exactly how I feel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well. Traveling day 7\/20 … which was supposed to be Ronan to Whitefish … it went sideways. I started the day backtracking to St. Ignatius to shop at the Amish Country Market. I got some goodies, Emmett and I had a nice walk and then we set off for Whitefish. The drive along the west […]<\/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-22947","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\/22947","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=22947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22957,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22947\/revisions\/22957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1849-1024x1024.jpeg\")
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