Month: July 2025

Today we like to do a shout out for Sean’s parents. Happy 57th anniversary.

Today was only a couple hours of driving. I managed to get the same campsite reserved for two nights at glacier national Park, in the St. Mary’s campground, on the east side. It turns out we were in the handicap spot because if you don’t reserve the handicap spot ahead of time, they open them up each day and if nothing else is available, you’re allowed to reserve them. We got to the campground around 12:30, dismounted Howie, and just kind of lounged around for the afternoon. It kind of surprises me the campgrounds are full because they were probably 10% of the spots that still were open by the time I took the dogs for a walk about 8 PM.

The next morning we got up and since we were on the east side, we were able to drive the going to the sun Road and down the other side into Epcot campground in glacier national Park. Such a beautiful drive, although a bit scary from time to time. There was a warning about campers and RVs on the road because of the low overhangs.

We had another lazy afternoon, which actually got a little bit warm, in the low 80s. A storm blew in with a bit of lightning, and sprinkled a little on us, but most importantly, cooled everything off. So far, Howie is doing great, and the electrical is working fabulously.

Tomorrow we get Howie back on the truck and head to Canada.

here are some additional photos of Glacier NP. https://www.overlandadventureexcursions.com/photos-albums/nggallery/album/20250701-03-glacier-np

We got moving from camp and headed towards a town called Anaconda where Ram had indicated a dealer could change that pesky fuel filter. Dee’s Ram service was awesome. They said they could change it in 30 minutes, and we proceeded to remove Howie in their parking lot from the Ram. They said it might be after lunch since it was now 11:30, so Kathy and I took the dogs to the park a block away. The dogs were enjoying the park, Maggie rolling in the grass, Oscar snoozing in the shade, and Zuzu smelling the smells and testing how far she could go before Kathy called her back. Dee’s called at 12:38 and said it was done. Holy cow.

We loaded Howie back on, a procedure we have gotten down to 15-25 minutes by now, and we grabbed McDonalds for lunch before heading north. The day would head us toward Glacier National Park, although I couldn’t get camping reservations for the night.

We stopped in Helena for groceries and supplies and dropped some stuff we don’t need at goodwill. A couple of hours later we found a nice camp for $10 with water and dump in a city called Choteau (Show-tow).

The past several days have put us over budget with the tuck maintenance, groceries, supplies, and fuel. We ended the month $467 over budget. But looking at it, $400 was due to vehicle maintenance and service, which we shouldn’t have for another 10k miles. So we have done well.

Tomorrow we have to get propane, dump the black water, and then head to Glacier. We have a reservation for one night but I’m going to try the first come first serve campground when we get there to see if we can get a site tow two-three nights. Then it will be crossing into Canada and sending a couple of days at Waterton National Park.

No pictures today except of the campsite. And I’m now caught back up with the travel blog.