Mosquito Montana

I will get to why we titled this article "Mosquito Montana" later. First let me report that we are near the Canadian Border and will cross over tomorrow. So different compared to 10 years ago. We need our passports and the dog needs proof of rabbis vaccines...only the bunnies can go over undocumented.
The picture below was missed yesterday when I was putting things together. After the pool Miles and Titus ended up falling asleep together in the tent. Neither one planned on it.



Montana is beautiful. We have been most impressed with the western mountainous half. The central northern part is very pretty too. The landscape has changed from mountains to rolling hills and prairies. It's also hotter today than yesterday.

Here is a picture of hwy 191. Through the town of Judith Gap the highway becomes gravel as they replace the whole section that goes through town. We detoured around the town...which was all gravel and dirt as well. 15 miles an hour!

Below is a picture of a can of "whole Chicken in a can".....can't wait to open it ans see if really is a whole chicken....better have a beak and legs. Hmmm I wonder if there are feathers.

The town we are staying in is small. It isn't modern in many ways. Both RV parks in town are located on the road leading out of town and both are next to a river. Below is a picture of an old bridge over the river. The water is high due to a lot of rain recently.

There is a great park just next to the bridge. The kids loved playing there.

Again we are near a rail road. That means we get the train noise. But so far no horns. Now, one RV park is a little prettier than this one but it has two drawbacks. First the train tracks are right next to the camp and one corner of the camp is actually under the train trestle. So the train noise is off the charts. But they have a pool...but it cost $3 per person to swim. The other drawback is the mosquitoes. But that drawback comes with both camps.

I'm not talking about passive ones either. When we pulled into the 2nd camp (a little farther from the tracks) I checked in then ran back over to the van which Cynthia is driving and as I explained where we were pulling in I felt ten or twelve pin pricks on my leg. I looked down and my legs were coated in mosquito's and the subsequent blood from when I swacked them.
We all quickly sprayed down with deet but realized they could bite through clothes so sprayed everything down. That only lasted a short while ....I think the mosquitoes think of deet as some kind of human-sauce and makes us taste better. Later on we met a local who taught us how to apply the stuff properly....by the gallon. She said said you have to spray it on so thick it makes you look like a well oiled muscle beach man. Below is a picture of the lady who helped us dog and the girls.

Please Keep Mami in your prayers as she has hurt her back a bit from playing soccer with the kids yesterday then having to sleep with Titus who (due to an earlier nap) had a rough time sleeping last night.

James' upper chest near the shoulder still hurts and he is wearing a sling. We are keeping him from work duties to recover so keep him in prayers too. The injury came from when the wheel barrow handle fell on him down in SoCal last week.

First time we had to use the RV aircon as it reached mid 90s here. But I see from my smart phone that my home town in cali is over 100 degrees so I won't complain.

Early start tomorrow. We enter Canada!
God Bless you all. Go out and bless others!