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Day Nine: Return to the Inland Northwest

I woke up around 5, but couldn’t run the generator until 7am.  I was too excited to get going on the final leg, and a little nervous too.  This final portion of the initial trip involved going over the Continental Divide and several mountain passes, with much longer and steeper grades than I’d driven so far.  I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous; driving in a car is one thing, but with about 12,000 pounds pushing behind you, downhills can be scary. Continue reading “Day Nine: Return to the Inland Northwest”

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Day Eight: Boondocking for the First Time

On the road out of Miles City by 10 am.  I took the time to dump all of my tanks, as I knew I’d be without hookups at my next site: Headwaters of the Missouri River State Park.  There are just 17 sites in this campground, and there is no electricity, water or even a dump station.  I’ve never boondocked in this fifth wheel (overnighting without any hookups), so I was excited about the challenge. Continue reading “Day Eight: Boondocking for the First Time”

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Day Four: I miss Michigan

It was time to move on today.  I ended up taking much longer to get going than I should have.  Yesterday was busy, so I slept in til nearly 8.  I needed to dump my tanks and hadn’t refilled the diesel.  There’s a BP near the campground, so I headed there first.  However, they didn’t have diesel at the auto plaza–instead they had diesel only at the truck island. Continue reading “Day Four: I miss Michigan”

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Day Three: Playing Tourist

Spent the morning wandering through Seney National Wildlife Refuge.  Michigan was a home for trumpeter swans until they were hunted into extinction for ladies accessories in Europe in the 1800s.  A few from Canada and Alaska were reintroduced in the 1980s and they have succeeded quite well.  A swan was the first bird I saw.  I also saw my first bald eagle of the trip, though I do not have a picture–he was high in a tree quite a distance away.  I saw an eagle and an osprey nest.  I saw all kinds of birds–loons, ducks, finches, etc.  There was a beaver swimming around in one lake–many people know that on July 3, 2013 I was chased by an angry beaver in the Riley Outpatient Parking garage.  #NeverForget. Continue reading “Day Three: Playing Tourist”