Last night it was dark and late when we pulled in at the RV park. We hooked up the water, lit the pilot light for the heat, worked on the website, and went to sleep. The sleep of the anesthetized.

So this morning we worked on learning all the systems. It took us hours to figure out the hot water, for example. I have to give Ami big kudos for “butching up,” as she put it. She handled most of the grubby jobs, including draining our grey and black water holding tanks. Yuck.

Some vocabulary for those not in the know: grey water – everything that drains except the toilet; black water – well, you get the idea. We managed to cook breakfast, feed the baby warmed milk, not bust our pipes, and make coffee with milk that was not spoiled. So what if we checked out an hour late? I consider it a complete success.

The biggest disappointment at the Suntree RV Park–worse than the driveway-like spot and the highway not a football field away–was the Wi-Fi. RV park owners of the world, please note that hooking up a single router meant to deliver Wi-Fi to one family is not enough for a 110-space RV park. The Wi-Fi worked for one hour at night and another fifteen minutes in the morning, and other than that everything timed out before it loaded. I noticed that at some parks there are rules against streaming. I guess there were no such rules at Suntree.

Today I drove us to Missoula. I have to say that though I was terrified to the point of hysterical laughter every time I thought of driving the car with the trailer attached, I did all right. Even through mountain passes and switchbacks, I handled the rig pretty well. No fuel pumps were sacrificed. No tractor trailers were skimmed.

We are writing from the comfort of a Missoula coffee shop. Bless college towns for having everything we need. Even a giant parking space right in the center of town!

Wi-Fi willing, we will write more tonight when we get to our next destination. Billings, perhaps.

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