Friday, August 14, 2015

08/14/15 - I left Corvallis, Montana this morning at 9:45am.  Onita helped to attach the car to the RV and sent me off with a hug.  It was going to be a long day since I would be traveling on a two lane highway all the way.  I had to go over a mountain pass, and then follow a very curvy river but it went fairly well.  I decided to get gas at a Texaco station and when I pulled in, the pump I was on was very very slow and so we tried the pump right next to it since the hose would reach and it was no better.  I only got 14 gallons in but I was over half full anyway but thought I would fill up since there were only little towns all the way to Twin Falls, Idaho.  Anyway, the owner then informed me that the two diesel pumps up and on the side were very fast and I should be able to make it between the post but I was not convinced.  He did help me and I and I got to the pump only to learn that it did not work either.  To get me out of this mess and miss the post that were only inches from the RV, he had to direct me straight out and into a tree and then I made a sharp left and the guy had to move the garage cans to get me out of the mess!!  Needless to say, I was a little upset.  I then decided I had enough gas to get to Twin Falls. On the way, I encountered two thunderstorms and they both rained really hard and so I was looking for a place to pull off but of course there wasn't any until I drove out of the rain!! There was also a rather large brush fire by the side of the road but I think the thunderstorm might have helped that one because when I passed by everything was out but the fire department was still there in full force.  I arrived at the Walmart at 5:45pm.  Found a great parking space, went to do a little shopping, called my brother for his birthday and now plan to call it a day after this blog.  Oh, yes and we just finished with a nice thunderstorm but very little wind and just a little rain so it was all good.

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