Moved to Great Falls

We packed up and skedaddled out of Hungry Horse yesterday morning by 9am, knowing that a storm was coming and predicted to hit Hungry Horse by noon.  Prediction of high winds, hail and lightning/rain was forecasted and Dave does not like to drive in those conditions, pulling the RV.  We headed east on US Route 2 towards East Glacier (again!), this time we had the RV behind us.  We counted the number of times we have crossed the Continental Divide with the RV and so far it's been 3. We will cross it once more before getting back to Picacho late October.  Got to this campground by 12:45pm.  Manager was very rude, that didn't bode well with us.  We are not happy here,  very noisy, we will not stay the full week - probably move out Saturday or Sunday towards Yellowstone. We were settled in and had an early dinner when we got the storm that was predicted here - high winds, no rain which they say is typical of the Chinook winds that are common here.

The RV is doing good, will need some service work when we get back, but we have put alot of miles under it since we purchased the 5th wheel in 2009.  It has been to New Brunswick, Canada, down to Florida, ridden the mountains in North Carolina, stayed at a wonderful place on the tip of the upper peninsula of Michigan, journeyed down to the lowest point of Texas (Brownsville), it has had it's wheels in North Dakota wondering if it will make it out of the sight since the water was creeping up to it (Devils Lake), up to within 30 miles of the northern border of Montana and Canada, as far west as Salt Lake City, and now heading back into the Rocky Mountains again coming down into Wyoming and Colorado.  Things are beginning to wear out and will need the dealer to fix.  Still under the extended warranty, thank goodness. Four more western states to hit next summer and then cross back and pick up Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.

Here in Great Falls we plan to see the falls that Lewis and Clark took over a month to cross in 1805 - there is an interpretive center in town that we plan to visit.  Then head up to the National Park of Fort Benton - the trading fort from the early 1800's, and also see the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument.