January 27, 2009-01-27

A wonderful four days and nights again with Stephen and Jaime in Calgary after making the full circle from Calgary – Ft. Liard – Whitehorse --Skagway – Vancouver – Surrey and back to Calgary! We had planned to head out from Calgary on Saturday with the Fun Finder RV, however some issues with the trailer plug, brake controller and wiring had to be resolved so our start was delayed until Sunday morning.
Beautiful weather and bare roads all the way to Great Falls, Montana where we found Rick’s RV Park for our first sleep in the RV! Paul is very pleased with the way the RV tows behind the Dakota. The confidence level increased as the day wore on with some very sensitive adjustment to the brake controller and Faye finally relaxed and enjoyed taking pictures of the Montana scenery!
The furnace didn’t quite keep up with the -21 C. but we survived. We need to get into non freezing temperatures before filling up with water, so electricity is the only luxury!
Paul forgot to unplug the trailer electrical plug from the truck causing a feedback into the truck computer from the park power. This caused the engine light to come on resulting in a four hour delay Monday morning getting the problem diagnosed at a Dodge dealer and fixed. UNPLUG THE TRAILER BEFORE HOOKING INTO OUTSIDE POWER!
Amazing country vistas in Montana through miles and miles of prairie with thousands of beef cattle winter grazing, all of them Black Angus.
On Monday we were determined to reach Pocatello, Idaho. This drive took us through the Blackfoot Mountains and the Chesterfield Range on a beautiful cold sunny day. Fantastic views with the occasional glimpse of elk, deer, eagles, hawks and huge ravens intermixed with numerous herds of Black Angus and sheep.
We finally settled into Sullivan’s RV Park in Pocatello, a very small setup but economical at $16.00. Our second night was more comfortable due to a more moderate outside temperature. We are looking forward to our next destination in Salt Lake City to have a look around the sights there.

Later…..