We left Great Falls this morning and headed east on US87, then turned south at US191 at Eddie's Corner and ended up tonight in Big Timber, MT. It was a day of two lane roads with construction but not a whole lot of traffic. Still, those drives really tire Roger. We are in a campground next to a river about 5 miles outside of town. It's quiet and comfortable and a surprising find in this rural area. They put us in a big site all by ourselves and we have grass and trees and no one near us. We are in a little coulee next to the river so we have no cell service, but we do have internet! Amazing.
We found a great pizza place in town when we went looking for fuel and had one of the best pizzas we have encountered in a very long time!
We came home to find that Maggie had jumped up in one of the chairs that sits too near the table that has our big lamp. Well, light bulb and lamp were in pieces. It really wasn't her fault. There just isn't enough space for the two recliners and a table with a lamp and we have been fighting it since we got this RV. It is about the only thing we don't like about the new one. The chairs are too big for the space. We like a table for a lamp and to put our drinks on. We don't like using the installed overhead lights. So, we need to work on another solution. Rog is now talking about building a table to the size limitations when we get home but for now we have to figure something else out. In addition to the broken lamp we have discovered that she did try to get out the screen door - the new guard worked but now the paint is scratched. Better that than having to re-screen. Tonight she is wound up. Wants to play ball and won't give up. She keeps bringing it to us even though we have already spent at least an hour tossing it for her. Rog says it's 'cause her meds have worn off!
The half dose of meds worked well today! We gave it to Maggie about half an hour before we left this morning. She still was a little shakey but there was no heaving breathing and panting. She faced backwards most of the day but she wasn't sitting up. Her eyelids were heavy and she wasn't constantly changing positions. It was a much more comfortable ride for all of us.
We crossed mostly grasslands again today but we did notice that "hidden" in many of the fields were fenced areas with lots of antenna. Hmmm....secret missile silos? We know they built lots of them during the cold war in the west. I guess they are still using them. Still no wildlife sightings. Cows, horses, and sheep, but nary an antelope, elk, or deer. Pretty disappointing.
Above I mentioned the junction at Eddie's Corner, MT. It's a truck stop and convenience store and we figured it would be a good place to pull off and eat. We also figured it would be a parking lot kind of picnic again. Much to our delight and surprise the management has built a park setting back behind the store and gas pumps. It was very nice. It is roped off from the parking area, has fairly large with trees, grass, and picnic tables. It was nicer than most roadside rests.
We will be leaving Montana tomorrow and going to Buffalo, WY for the night. I bought a jar of huckleberry jam tonight to take with me. We really like this state. It's just too bad it has such brutal winters and is so far from San Diego and every place else!
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