Montana!

We left right on time for our first leg to Montana, 355 miles to Sparta, MN.  It was an uneventful drive at first until I looked down and noticed the light that shows our braking system application in the truck, the same light that had plagued us for months that we, actually Jan, fixed by running a new wire, was not working:-(  She had found the old one chafing as it made a corner around the body underneath our motorhome and had rigged an anti rubbing solution at that time.  So she went under there and found, sure enough the protection had shifted and it had rubbed the new wire and shorted the circuit.

Quick fix, right?  Unfortunately no.  It worked for a little while and popped the fuse again, so we (she) will go back under and see if we can find another source of the short, but decided it could wait until later.

After a small issue with our site, we got settled in for the night in Sparta, MN.

We had the same length day for our second leg, 355 miles, to Salem, SD.  Little did we know that Sturgis was starting the next day, so to say we saw motorcycles, RV's with motorcycles, vehicles of all kinds towing trailers of motorcycles, every combination, would be an understatement.  And in all that we had a crop duster come right over the road ahead of us.

We pulled into a very nice campground in Salem, SD, Dakota Sunsets, pristine, clean, easy to maneuver, large sites, run by people who obviously care.

Now the next day to Buffalo, WY was going to be long, 515 miles, something we haven't done in years, and can now confidently say we don't plan on doing again!  Maybe it's age, who knows, but it kicked our butts..........literally:-)  And after this long, long day, including finding fuel a lot more expensive out here, we pull around to our site, really anxious to get in and settled and chill, it is occupied!  We got it taken care of, the campground made a mistake, everybody does, and even refunded us part of the charge, but it did delay us about 20 minutes.  But we had 2 nights there, so it didn't really matter.  So in 2 days we made two time changes, and after over 1200 miles we were a bit whipped, but it was a pretty drive, and got to glimpse the mountains we hadn't seen in 2 years.

First glimpse

We even managed to find a very good Mexican place, a hole in the wall we enjoyed immensely.

The next day's final leg to Ennis was 365, and it started off pretty ominous with rain, even hard rain for the first 100 miles or so, but it started to break and was just off and on drizzle for the rest of the ride.

The campground had been sold to new owners and is now called Starry Nights, and we managed to snag an exceptional view site in the back for our upcoming 3 weeks!  It was a little murky still, and even rained during cocktail hour, but we woke in the morning to a beautiful view, not that it was so bad to begin with:-)

We have a lot planned while we are here, fishing obviously, but several important errands, the truck has a problem, we need to wash the coach and truck, they are atrocious, we plan to paint the roof of the coach, find the problem with the brake system light, do a few small repairs, and did I mention fishing!?!?

So a quick view looking down on Ennis while I sign off for now.