Jun 29 2008
RV Adventure, Day 17: Vantage WA to Missoula MT.
The alarm went off at 7AM. The generator was still humming away despite my concerns that it might run out of fuel through the night, and upon inspection it still had over 1/4 of a tank of fuel, meaning it had only burned about $10 through the night - not bad.
I setup a pot of coffee, flipped up the TV Antenna long enough to see that there was zero television channels worth watching while we fixed breakfast, and eventually dragged everyone else out of bed.
We had a quick breakfast and after a bit of sightseeing (it really was a nice scenic outlook!) we set out onto the road again. Todays milage was approximately 550 kilometers which shouldn’t normally be a huge deal, but was once again elongated by the reality that there was some fairly notable mountain passes ahead of us. Once again the truck spiked a few uncomfortably high temperatures that kept me concerned. I would learn tomorrow that it wasn’t unwarranted concern as troubles unfortunately lie ahead.
We stopped in Spokane Washington for groceries and fuel, and after about an hour (and some lunch) we were back on the road.
We arrived in Missoula just before dinner, choosing a KOA to overnight at. I don’t usually prefer KOA campgrounds since they all feel rather sterile in my opinion, but this one had a pool and it was early enough for the kids to be able to enjoy it, so we opted to stay there. Of the many we’ve stayed at, it was well maintained, well organized, and generally enjoyable, but the actual campsites themselves still resemble glorified parking lots as it common at most KOA’s.
Since we’d had a late lunch we weren’t terribly hungry for dinner until later in the evening at which point we anxiously visited the local Cracker Barrel. We all absolutely love the Cracker Barrel but since there are none in Canada it’s a rare treat for us, one that we were surely repeat at least several more times before crossing back into Canada.
It was late when we got back to the campground so we retired for the evening. Me and Christie enjoyed the parks cable TV service and watched TV for an hour, and since I had WiFi internet for the first time in days I caught up on my blogging and surfing.