Great Falls, MT - We made it . . .

Dick's RV Park
Site #110 - $32, p/w/s, Cable, Internet

Well, we made it through last night without freezing up. It was certainly 'winter' looking in Idaho Falls when we left this morning though. Light snowfall, -2C. We passed a snow plow on the highway as we were heading out of town. Eech. Not something you like to see.

And things got worse. Ron needed a pee break, so he pulled off at Spencer, just before the Monida Pass at the Idaho / Montana Border. Bad choice. It was very icy. Our 2 wheel drive truck has zero traction. We slid down the ramp and we couldn't get enough traction to get going again. We backed in to town barely managing to keep on the road. We literally 'slipped around' the town trying to figure out what to do and where to go.

This is a very small town. Everything was closed except a small "Opal Shop" whose owner had no suggestions as to where we might park or stay. Ron decided to make one more attempt to get out of town and this time he was successful. I wasn't so excited about that. The next 20 km through that pass was probably the scariest. EVER. Solid ice. Ron drove very slow but things were very tense. A 1/2 ton truck had hit the ditch in front of us. And he wasn't towing an RV. Yes, very scary! It was such a relief when we finally got through that pass to dry highway once again. Thankfully the remaining drive to Great Falls was good. It's 2C, but no snow.

We will stay 2 nights. Clean the RV and get it ready for winter. I am now more than ready. It's damn cold.  People are wearing winter jackets!