On the Road Again We were up and away by 7 AM, heading northwest to 7^th Ranch RV Camp on the Crow Indian Reservation at Garryowen, MT—near the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. We stayed here two years ago on our return from Glacier National Park. It remains one of the cleanest RV parks in which we’ve stayed. Our original plans had us taking US Hwy 212 out of Belle Fourche, SD, through the northeast corner of Wyoming into southeastern Montana, but road construction on this route was reported to be causing substantial delays. We opted for I-90 west where Kay took her turn driving the motorhome for the first time. She did great; actually better than me. We traveled through Buffalo, then Sheridan, Wyoming, very near where our friends, Dick and Carolyn Todd were spending the summer. We phoned and arranged lunch together in Sheridan. It was great seeing them.
We arrived at our evening stopover at 3:30 PM MDST, to a very hot afternoon—high 90s. This was our first laundry day; the machines were small, and it cost $2 per load to wash, and $2 per load to dry. A summer storm brought cooler temperatures, a beautiful broad rainbow, and gorgeous skies. Tomorrow, we meet up with the caravan.
Kay’s Take We did have another ‘glitch’ this time with the brake alert system between the car and the motorhome. We called “Brake Buddy” and after trying a different kind of test, it still wasn’t working. I sent the ‘alert’ system into the company via UPS on Wednesday. Our brakes on both the RV and the toad (tow car) work fine, but there is a receiver and a transmitter that are supposed to communicate with each other – the transmitter in the car and the receiver in the RV that light up and let the driver know every time the toad brakes come on. It’s just a secondary precaution. We hope to have them ‘fixed’ and mailed to us in Fairbanks near the end of July.
Campground 7^TH Ranch RV Camp, Garryowen, MT This campground rates among our top 5 RV parks with immaculate restrooms, fairly level sites, and necessary amenities.
Driving Statistics
Beginning Mileage: 10,434.6
Beginning Time: 7:00 am
Ending Mileage: 10,781.7
Ending Time: 2:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Savings Time)
TOTAL MILEAGE FOR THE DAY: 347.1
CUMULATIVE MILEAGE: 1390.2