Montana!

Montana welcomed us with open arms.  The smoke from the fires dissipated just in time.  Hopefully it will be clear when we head over to Missoula and visit Glacier Park.

First, let's talk about the past couple of days.  We had the interesting task of "moving".  A trip to Walmart gave a chance to buy a few boxes.  The old RV was a MESS as we got ready to trade out vehicles.  Once the time came, Tom began transferring items.  That man was on a mission!  Box after box was thrown into the Bounder and I had no time to even begin putting things where they belonged.  With the new RV in total disarray, Tom drove the short journey to Chik fil A.  While he ran in to get us some lunch I unloaded a few more items from a cooler to the fridge.  Well, I tried at least.  The first item I grabbed was the flavored creamer... and the lid came off... and the bottle fell to the floor... and about a third of it ended up all over the floor.  Now creamer doesn't clean up as easily as other liquids.  It is thick and it is VERY sticky.  Alas, the next step was Walmart to purchase a Swiffer.  This became very apparently necessary when I tried to move and my foot came out of my flip flop which was stuck to the floor.  That mess finally cleaned up (sort of) we headed down the highway.

The trip was progressing without incident until Tom noticed flashing lights in the mirror.  Of course he didn't think he was doing anything wrong so immediately he yelled to the back to ask me if I had an overhead light on or something.  The patrolman was quite nice.  And that's how we discovered we had no tail lights on the Lotus trailer.

Montana REALLY needed rain.  Fortunately for them, we brought it!  Beginning last night it has been raining non-stop.  The forecast calls for rain in Missoula tomorrow also.  I guess the Griz game will be a bit soggy, BUT Griz fans won't care.

Sometime during the night our electricity went off.  (We are hooked up This morning Tom was taking the first shower in RV.  Apparently, when

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A successful shopping trip!

The time has come to reveal our shopping trip a few days ago.  During our drive from Florida to Colorado we began to discuss the state of our current RV.  There is nothing fundamentally wrong with it, we just started talking about how much time we were planning to spend in the RV and decided it was time for an upgrade.  Now here's something you need to know about Tom and I, when we decide to do something that means the time is NOW!  We stopped at a dealership in Mississippi to check out what they had to offer.  This gave us an idea of what we liked and I began researching RV's as Tom drove down the road.  See what a great way to travel RVing is?  I checked out various dealerships along our route to see what each had to offer and even called a few to talk to the sales people.  

We had found a coach we really liked in Billings, MT but we had some time to spare in Grand Junction, CO and decided to check out a few of the dealers.  The plan wasn't to purchase a coach in Grand Junction.  Really, it wasn't!  But we just happened upon the ideal RV for us.  As I have said before, this being our second motorhome we now know what we want and don't want in an RV.  So, we found ourselves this awesome 34 foot Bounder and fell in love with it.  Yep, we were smitten!  Because we had so much going on visiting family, attending the wedding and just having a good time, we went back several times to check it out.  At one point I told Tom the only thing it didn't have was a washer/dryer and dishwasher.  Then I realized that I WAS the dishwasher.  If you haven't been around Tom and I much you may not know that we like to joke back and forth a lot. Apparently we were entertaining the salesman also because he said "You two are funny!" Ha!

And so we say goodbye to the Minnie Winnie and hello to our new Bounder.  It has plenty of room for the five of us!  I'm thinking we need a name for her.  Anyone have a good suggestion??

We are already in Utah, heading for Montana and look at the view!

And check out my office!  How cool is that?  Baby Bear is helping me of course.  He was forgotten this past weekend poor thing.  He didn't get to go to the wedding and we did take him to CJ and Kayla's house for dinner last night, but once again, he was forgotten in the car.

Until next time...