Friday - A short travel day to just across the border. The border crossing at Coutts was really slow. The line of cars was long and only one lane (of three) was open for non-trucks. It was probably around 45 minutes. We are at a first-come first-serve campground in Shelby, MT, with 30amp electricity, scattered water spigots, and a dump station on the way out. It has been raining for most of the day but the forecast is for warmer temperatures this weekend.
We will be here for a couple of days before heading south and west to Missoula. On the way, we filled the onboard propane tank with 32 liters which comes out to 8.5 gallons. I believe the maximum for the 12 gallon tank is about 9 gallons so we were almost empty. The needle on the built-in gauge was way below “E”. I think the last time we filled the tank was on our way out of Corvallis.
Saturday - A quiet, non-travel day. We were originally planning to head east to a Harvest Host but decided to just stay here a second night. After all, we would be going through here again tomorrow on our way to Missoula. I had to adjust the air mix on the water heater last night as it wouldn’t stay lit. I’ve needed to adjust both the water heater and the generator several times on this trip. We are at 3300’ now and it was last adjusted when we were near sea level. I don’t think it should be that touchy.
We went into Shelby for a few groceries and lumbers putty. The sink drain is leaking so I am planning to just remove and reinstall it. I had messed with it a couple of days ago when trying to figure out why the sink wasn’t draining.
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