Sept 8th to 10th - Missoula to Newcastle WY

Sept 8th – Wed – Missoula
We talked to our neighbors Jim & Nancy this morning after their rig had returned from the service department. The repair was not satisfactory so when their 5th wheel was towed back in, they came over to see our rig and see what we had done for organizing things.
After lunch, we went to do laundry. The first facility that we tried was temporarily closed due to a fire but the next one was much nicer than the one we used when we were in Missoula previously. We made stops at a liquor store and a grocery store on the way home, unloaded and put everything away and kicked back.

Sept 9th – Thurs – Missoula
A forklift came to get Jim & Nancy’s 5th wheel even before they were up and I heard Jim ask for 20 minutes to get ready and pull in their slides. So Terry got up and told them to come over for coffee while their rig was being worked on. We talked non-stop until their rig came back in about an hour. The weather was cool & rainy so we thought it was a good day to scan some pictures from our photo albums. We had everything out & one set of pictures scanned when a service guy came by and said our awning had arrived – a day early! We just had time to get everything put away and the slides ready to come in when they came to move us to the service bay.
There is a nice waiting area so I read a book and Terry paced – as usual. We finally decide to go get some lunch and had just arrived at Costco when our salesman Todd called to get some info on our old Challenger. He had a couple interested in buying it and wanted to introduce us to them and have us give them information about the rig. We downed our lunch, went back and toured the Challenger with the prospective buyers.
Shortly afterwards, our rig was towed back to the parking spot. We went to check things out and the awning was great but 3 other items that we wanted checked out had not been added to the work order even though Terry talked to the service manager on Tuesday and we sent a list with the forklift driver. So – the rig got towed back in and I hit the waiting room and my book again. About 4, the Montana was back in our parking spot. We put out the slides and we were about a foot from the neighbor’s steps!! We could have put the slides in, hooked up to the truck and moved it but it was easier for us to go get the forklift operator to park it correctly. He was not exactly happy!
Everything is fine now. We relaxed with a drink & dinner and listened to the rain.

Sept 10th – Fri – to Newcastle WY
Some nut was parked in front of the dump station at Bretz RV this morning and was out looking at motor homes!! Someone paged him to move his rig so we could dump our tanks and get on the road. We are heading to South Dakota to visit Charlie & Julie who we met in Yuma last winter.
We drove I90 all day – not exciting but interesting with changing scenery. We stopped for lunch and then Terry thought we should drive a little further than we had originally planned. Well, that plan was not great! We went to a park in Gillette which was a good distance but the park was full. We couldn’t find a little RV park in Moorcroft and couldn’t get turned around so kept on driving. We ended up at 7 o’clock in Newcastle in a strangely laid out RV park behind a motel. Luckily there were lots of spaces and it was level so we didn’t even have to unhook. As I was walking back from registering, a train went by close to the park. Since then, several trains have gone by but only a couple blew their horns and they weren’t too loud.
Tons of channels on cable TV and nothing great to watch! Oh well, soon to bed.