Winter Excursion 9, Day 272

I got the new stabilizer jack installed this morning with no issues. I'll be more aware of curbs at gas stations from now on!

We went into Aberdeen, SD around noon. First stop was a car wash. The truck looks good again. We went to The Lager Inn for lunch.

The sign on the outside read "Coldest Beer In Town". It was correct and the food was good.

Next stop was the grocery store for some supplies. We had asked our waitress what was the best grocery store in town. She said "Kessler's". She was right, this store is on par with Publix. We spent over an hour there.

Back at camp we watched some TV and had an early snack dinner.

We enjoyed the Aberdeen area, but will be leaving tomorrow for more points east.

Winter Excursion 9, Day 271

We left camp early this morning enroute to our new campground, Richmond Lake Recreation Area just north of Aberdeen, SD. Here's site # 3E.

This is a really nice campground, well kept, and plenty of room between sites.

The drive today was once again on RT-12 through North and South Dakota. This is a secondary road and not crowded at all. We do get to drive through a few towns, but they are few and far between. We stopped for gas and I got a pick of me and my buddy.

We were amazed at how green everything is! We usually think of South Dakota as the Badlands and the Black Hills. Most of the drive was through cattle country and huge farms. Some of the fields of corn, soybean, and sunflowers were hundreds of acres in size.

We drove into Aberdeen to an RV parts store and picked up a new stabilizer jack. I'll replace it tomorrow.

We will be here for just two days.
 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 270

We spent the day in camp for the most part.

We had a storm blow through mid morning. I got some really good pics. Here's a few.

We were at the southern end of this storm as it came by. We got some pea sized hail and a little rain. If we had been a few miles to the north we would have been hammered.

In the afternoon we did some camp maintenance and started to pack up as we leave in the morning.

We planned on getting dinner at a food truck that had a five star rating, but they were closed. We ended up back at the burger joint we ate at a few days ago. They are the only thing going in this tiny town. Once again the food was good and the beer was cold.

 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 269

We had a lazy morning and then went to a local joint for burgers and beer. Back at camp we watched a few movies and relaxed.

Temps moderated in the late afternoon and we got a nice breeze, so we sat outside. I got the drone out and got a few pics of the area.

Here's our current campground. We are on the bottom right.

And a close up of our site and camper.

The next four are looking north, south, east, and west from 300 feet above us. First pic is the little town of Bowman, ND.

We did some air fried chicken wings for dinner, caught another movie, and hit the sack. It's been a nice relaxing day.

Winter Excursion 9, Day 268

We left The Fort at 49 Campground and Restaurant, Custer, MT around 0900. We drove I-94 north to near Miles City, MT and picked up Rt 12 heading east. This is a two lane road, but was in good shape most of the way. We stopped for gas in a small town and I dinged one of our rear stabilizers leaving the gas station. I'll have to replace it. It's bent pretty bad!

We arrived at The Ridge Campground in Bowman, ND around 1400. Temps were in the 90s. We had reservations here and the last email said to pick any site. Out of the 17 sites only two were open! Here's site #17. No frills, but FHU!

We will be here for three nights after driving everyday for the past four days. It will be nice to just chill out.

We had a bad storm blow through around 2300 that was not forecasted. The weather radio went off and we had winds around 60 mph! There was tons of lightning, but very little rain if any. The camper got a good shaking!
 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 267

We left 2 Bar Lazy H RV Park around 0830 and arrived at The Fort at 49 RV Park and Restaurant in Custer, MT around 1430. The drive was uneventful except for the gas stop at Big Timber, MT. The place was crowded and folks were "parking" at the pumps to go inside and shop or eat. We sat behind a truck with a boat at the pump for 20 minutes! We finally backed up and drove around to another pump, of course the guy with the boat showed up as we were moving. The new pump I pulled into was broken. So around we went again and finally got a working pump. We spent over 30 minutes at this gas stop!

Here's Site #12 at The Fort at 49 Campground and Restaurant, Custer, MT. When we arrived the place was empty. Owner said take any site you like only three of you will be here tonight. Sites are level with FHU! I'll get a pic of the restaurant this evening as we are eating there and the owner has some good stuff on the menu!.

 Here's the restaurant pics. The food was fantastic! 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 266

Today is a mile stone in our travels. It is camping day 2000 since we started 9 years ago with our first travel trailer  If you do the math that's 5.475 years of camping in 9 years! If you round that up it's five and a half years of camping!

Today was a repeat of yesterday. We left Wolf Lodge Campground in Idaho this morning at 0900 and drove the 272 (YAHOO) to 2 Bar Lazy H RV Park, MT. After the time change we arrived at 1530 (lost an hour). We stopped at a Rest Stop for lunch and had this little guy begging for food the entire time. He "chirped" constantly!

We did not feed him as he was to fat from others feeding him junk food!

We stopped for gas in Drummond, MT and got this pic across from the gas station.

I'm not sure what you can do with a "used cow"! Maybe some sour milk!

Our new site is just a "Plain Jane" It doesn't even have a picnic table! We did not unhook the truck again. It's another one night "stop n' go"!

It does have FHU (Full Hook Ups) that is great for pooping!