OCT 20, Thursday, Missoula
Another cloudy day with sunny period! Temperature got to about 58*F (14C). I went to Les Schwab and got 4 new tires on the truck; TOYOs! Afterward, I came back to the Bear and got Val and we went shopping at Best Buy, Costco, Walmart, and Staples. We found most of what we were looking for. We came home and unloaded everything then at 3 pm, I went back to Schwab to get a wheel alignment. After a great dinner, we watched the tube and/or read until bedtime
OCT 21, Friday, to Yellowstone Park
Well we didn’t quite make it!!! We left at9 am under cloudy skies. We got rained on in a few places but it did clear up by the time we arrived in Livingston. The highway was good and we went over two passes as high as 6000 feet. We stopped in Whitehall to fuel @ 3.86/gal and again in Livingston @ 3.96/gal. We stopped at the info centre in Livingston and had lunch here. We wanted to find out what was closed in the park and found out that the East side highway through the mountains is close but we still can make it around from the west side then cross over half way down then down to the lake where we will turn east to Cody. We also got info on Cody. By this time it was 2:30 pm and I decided to stop here for the night as the campground in Gardiner is closed (we called) and there is no power in any of park campground and since they are all over 6000 feet, I felt that it may be too cold to get caught up there. We are staying at Olsen’s RV Park in Livingston on Hwy 89. The sky is really threatening with black clouds towards the park but here, it is a balmy 60*F, windy and the sun is trying to shine through. The forecast looks more promising tomorrow so it is probably a wise choice.
N 45* 38.258
W 110* 34.784
Alt: 4517 feet
We travelled 241 miles (394 Km) in 4 and half hours @ an average 53mph.
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