Day 5

Sorry for the delay!! There is NOT much internet service around Glacier!! So the posts are delayed!
Day 5 (Monday) was another travel day. Going North towards Glacier. We left the “boon-docking” site, traveled about 8 miles on a very dusty gravel road thru absolutely nothing but fields. It was SO dusty I couldn’t tell what color the truck was! Dust got into the bed of the truck and every nook and cranny it could!! Saw a few Pronghorn here and there, that’s about it.
Once we got out on the main road, we could see the mountains taunting us off to the west for a couple hundred miles. More farm land…a thousand acre ranch here is a “hobby farm”. Ranches go on for miles!
We were afraid that we were not going to be able to travel thru the Black Foot Indian Reservation. We’ve read that it is pretty much closed down.

We made it up to the East Glacier entrance, everything there is closed. Looks like a ghost town. We go on by it and head west on 2 Highway to our campsite about 30 miles to the west, on the south side of Glacier. We stayed at Glacier Meadow RV Park (https://glaciermeadowrvpark.com/). A small park in the middle of no where! However, a nice peaceful place. Only one we could find since everything else is full. Seems that the same amount of people are visiting the park, with only half the facilities open.

Our campsite is not ideally located, it’s about 30 miles from the park. Takes about 40 minutes drive time. The nearest store is the same distance, small gas station with limited supplies. The only cell service is at the park entrance, and it’s not great.
But, we enjoyed the RV park. There is several lots in the open, where you can sit and view the mountains or, like us, we chose to be in the trees. Campsites were big in the wooded section.
In the wooded section, there was only water and electricity hookups but they had a portable sewer truck that would come by and empty your dump tanks if needed.

Before we left on the trip, we bought a portable Camco Rhino Portable Holding Tank (https://www.campingworld.com/camco-rhino-portable-waste-holding-tanks-112493.html) So when your tank gets full, dump it into this tank, tow it up to the dump site and get rid of it! Most RV parks, even if they don’t have full hook ups, will have a dump site. It worked well.

We get settled in, Chris made dinner. Hamburgers, hot dogs and bacon. It’s really good when I don’t have to make it!
The Ford truck is still doing really well. We can keep up with the diesels going up the hills. Getting about 9 miles a gallon with an average speed over 70! Not bad for a gas engine, in the mountains and at that speed! No issues with the trailer either…going good so far!!!

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