Dillon, Montana to Wolf Creek, Montana. 165 miles.
Much excitement today as we are heading North up the I-15 to go and visit our dear friends, Aaron and Lillian, who we met in Yuma during the 2018/2019 Winter season. They live on a pocket of paradise in the hills just outside of the tiny little village of Wolf Creek, Montana, and have a lovely large grassed area next to the creek that flows at the bottom of their property, on which we could park “Hitch”.
So, we packed up Hitch, flushed the waste tank, filled the fresh water tank and checked the propane tanks – one was still full, so enough for a few weeks worth of furnace for any cold nights, and backup power source for the electric/propane fridge and the electric/propane hot water tank (hot water geyser, for our South African friends!), filled the Ford F350 diesel tank to the max, stocked up with groceries and supplies, let Maddie do her business in the doggie park (and, of course, picked up her gift she left!), and hit the road!
We had a short trip to Wolf Creek, about 167 miles or so, up the I15N, which was uneventful.
We arrived at the Wolf Creek offramp, and exited left towards the little village, then weren’t sure which way to go at the T-junction, and chose to go right as we saw the little village off to the right, but this was actually wrong, so did a U-turn at the end of the street, otherwise we’d have been continuing onto the I-15N.
Once turned around, we drove slowly through town, passed the little pub where Leigh started her first singing gig. Leigh Guest is a lovely, free-spirited young lady friend of Lillian’s, almost like an adopted daughter to her. We met her in Yuma when she came to visit Aaron and Lillian this year. She sang a collection of her own original songs for a small group of Lillian and Aaron’s friends in Yuma. What a fun evening! Her lyrics tell a story. I suspect much of what she writes is taken from her real life situations, while others are just fun stories that she sings with humor and a surprisingly good voice, while strumming her guitar or ukulele. Such a talented and attractive young woman!
Back to Wolf Creek, after 20 seconds, we were through the little village 🙂 and took a right onto the road heading out of town, perpendicular to the I-15. I guess that was heading West or South-West, and then Lillian’s directions took us to the little bridge over the creek on their property.
Such a beautiful spot!
We got ourselves situated on the recently mowed grassy area next to their creek, which Aaron had cut with his brand new drive-on mower. He had cut a huge area for us to be comfortable for the few days. It gave us a little inkling into the thought, preparation, care and generosity that our dear friends had made to make us feel so at home with them!
Once unpacked and the RV setup for a few days boondocking (dry camping), we headed up the hill in the truck to have dinner with Aaron and Lillian, who had prepared a scrumptious grilled Salmon dinner that Aaron cooked on his grill on their huge veranda overlooking their property. Some pics from the veranda below..
After the tasty Salmon dinner, we sat around the table and chatted until quite late into the night, before heading back down to Hitch for the night.
Tomorrow, Lillian had plans for us to go to visit the “First Peoples’ Buffalo Jump State Park”, and then on to the “Giant Springs State Park”, both near Great Falls, Montana. I got my little Sony camera and faithful 40-year old Canon L lens ready for some more beautiful scenery!
That night, we slept like the dead!