Friday, April 27/2018

Today was a "shop at Walmart" day to pick up the last few items we will need before crossing to border back into Canada.  It just so happens that Walmart is only a few blocks from the campground here in Laurel.   Imagine That!!
We packed up and headed out to shop.  Well, I headed out to shop.  John and Booko stay in the truck so they don't bother me!!
Once that nasty job was done, we headed over to the RV dealership to get the new fender for the trailer.  It had broke and blew off in a wicked windstorm last year (or maybe that was the year before) but it was finally time to quit procrastinating and get the new one ordered and picked up.  That being done, we headed over to the tire shop and John got new tires put on the trailer as well.  The current tires were looking pretty worn and we sure do not want tire issues while we are in travel mode.
Luckily, the tire shop was not busy and we were in and out within an hour

Ran in to the weiner mobile at Walmart

Old Willy driving through the camp ground

Our spot for the night

Musselshell River

.   Nice!!
Booko's training collar had quit working so John ordered another one of those.  We picked it up at the UPS store as we headed out of Billings.
We were finally on our way....shopping done, new tires, fender and dog collar all done,  Time to drive further North.
Our stop for the night was again, one of most favourite spots.  The lovely campground at Roundup, Montana.   It too is nestled in and amongst huge cottonwood trees and lies beside the Musselshell River.  It's water was flowing at a good speed and we had to be rather diligent about Booko as he loves to play in the water and now that he thinks he can swim.....well, that makes it a bit harder on my nerves!!   He did pretty good though as we had to call him back from the water's edge only once.
We set up camp and John scrounged some wood so that we could have a bit of a campfire tonight.
On of the locals (Tim) stopped to say hi and we had a chat with him learning about some of the local history.
This campground too is what I would call a "happy" campground as it was teeming with birds in all different sizes and shapes.  There was "bird songs" coming from every tree around us and a few squirrels made an appearance just to bug the dog!!
There was one other camper in the park and we had several "looky loos" drive by to check the joint out.   I am sure that this is one of the regular cruising roads in the town!!
Anyway, it was a lovely evening.   The fire was great and John cooked the ribs to perfection.
Life is Good!!