Today started off with packing and saying goodbye to what we now refer to as “OUR cabin in the woods”. Deb & Kate would probably have issue with that but we at least pretended for a day and a half.
The first challenge of the day was getting down a very steep, narrow driveway that had a major curve and drop off with heavy trees and brush lining both sides. And I had to back our 44ft long rig down it! The backing on the straight away was challenging since I couldn’t see the driveway because of all the brush in my way—then the curve at the bottom made me go out at a 90 degree angle to the road that was only 35 feet wide. Do you see a dilemma there? I got down it ok but because I was so long I had no extra room to maneuver the front end of the truck so we were stuck crossways across the road. But being the wonder woman backer I am, I finally got it done. Might have taken a half hour but I was still kind of proud. Probably will leave it down on the road next time—it was kind of stressful. I don’t need to prove my skill again…
Which brings me to the next challenge of the day—my hands. Decided when they started to look worse than the examples on the internet we had to do something no matter what the price. And they itched!
So after checking with an ER and another small town clinic we ended up at an Urgent Care in Spokane, WA. The doctor even thought they looked horrible—and did I tell you they itched as well as being raw? She gave me mega doses of prednisone, some ointment, and some antibiotics and we were able to get out of there for $100. So I’m hoping I will start to experience some relief in the day or so. She agreed it was probably stress and you know when you tell someone just a short summary of our last couple of weeks, their jaws always drop when we get to the police and the kidnapping part. Glad we weren’t the only ones that thought it all shocking—even complete strangers feel sorry for us…
But now we are in Montana at a FREE RV park behind a Restaurant/casino/gift shop. A great deal, since we even have an electric hookup.
Unfortunately it only has poker and keno and no slots so we didn’t even go in.
Tomorrow we will continue on towards Yellowstone. Hopefully much more comfortable hand wise and I know we are getting more relaxed. We no longer have any real schedule for the next month and all our tires look good—it’s time to do what we set out to do. And I dare anyone to try to screw it up. We still have our shotgun and aren't afraid to use it!
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