Across Montana (Beth)

Saturday July 16 -

Ted - Ready to leave Banff

Nicholas and I have been putting in some driving time to get across Montana.  There is not much on this northern route across the state.  We spent Friday night in a city park in Malta.  For $5 dollars you can camp in the park, including water.  The park was very nice and by about 9 pm there were about 10 groups camped out; both motor-homes and tents.  It was very hot (96*) so was glad to be able to run the generator and have some air-conditioning.  Thankfully once the sun set, it started to cool off as I was unwilling to run the generator all night.

Malta City Park

Last night we stopped in Glendive, MT.  Ted and I stayed at this campground 2 years ago on July 4.  The campground had not been completed yet, but Larry, the campground manager, had a few sites set up with electricity and water and allowed several of us to camp.  The campground now has about 30 sites with full hookups and a separate restroom/shower building. I was hoping to see Larry again as he had been so helpful and friendly last time, but the campground is now managed by the hotel.  According to the check-in lady, Larry and they had separated ways once again.

If you have already read Ted's blog, you know we arrived at the campground and unhooked the Geo only to find out the battery was dead (not even a click)!  No way was I going to try to jump it off the Winnebago's batteries, although I did have jumper cables.  So a call to AAA got the problem taken care of (only about an hour of waiting).   One of the downfalls of towing the Geo is the car's ignition has to be in auxiliary so the wheels turn.  Apparently this is a drain on the battery... so my next stop was at a store across the highway to by a portable power pack.  Now I can jump my own battery if this happens again.  Just one more thing to be aware of!