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.
