On the road again….time to visit a friend

May 17: Well it was time to say goodbye to the vistas and geysers of Yellowstone. I had planned to hookup the night before but upon looking at my RV GPS with RV Life discovered it was taking me East before starting north and west, a 4 hour detour. Four hours less and I didnt need to leave in the dark early AM after all. Wondering if there was a low overpass or narrow tunnel that made it do that I googled RV routes out of Yellowstone and the most direct route was out of the North entrance with no pulling a trailer issues so off we went north. On the trailer hook up and takedown I have a very important order of things and being rushed isn’t a part of that. Our site did not allow me to hook trailer up without at least partially blocking one of the roads out of our area (did i mention it was only one of the roads. Well despite seeing my truck nosed out as a Class A bus RV decided to come down our road and sit idling waiting for me to finish. It was a hurried and fortunately not screwed up departure.

The trip out of the park to Gardiner Montana was uneventful though the downhill grades were the steepest I had descended on the trip with lot’s of sharp turns shared with oncoming tractor trailers. Tundra and downshifting again did a superb job with no burning brake smell.

As we crossed over the mountain and down into Montana we were met with smoke and haze from the Canadian wildfires. Still pretty but muted scenery with towns appearing more and more like the old west I imagined. One or two story flattish clapboard sided storefronts. Really wanted to stop but was on a mission to get to a friend’s who I hadn’t seen in 50, yes 50, years.

I mentioned I wanted to stop on the way but wanted to get to Gary’s well the dogs again made me do a in city traffic stop in Missoula at a Walgreens. Diesel needed antibiotics for his sinuses ugh and we had our FL vet call him in a prescription. You don’t want all the details about how we knew he needed them lol.

After rest stops and seven hours of driving (and shopping) we arrived at Gary and Jeanine’s home where we were met with hospitality, a great dinner, and stunning views. Beautiful all around. After keeping them up catching up way past all our bedtimes we called it a night.

Great day that I am so happy I was able to add to the itinerary.