July 19th, Day # 71 Saturday- Headed to Montana

 

We had the most amazing vacation of a lifetime because of Cathy and Charlie! Cathy is like a walking Alaska encyclopedia and she showed us places and things that we never would have seen or experienced without her! 

We can't thank them enough for being our "Tour Guides". 

8:00 am 

We left at the same time from Jasper.  Cathy and Charlie went east and after getting gas we traveled south. 

But one mile away from the gas station we had a problem with our engine. The engine light went on and the rpms were running high. the exhaust brakes wouldn't engage and the trailer mode wasn't working either. 

That meant we could only traveled 40 mph instead of 70mph. Ed and I should have gotten across the border and to our RV site around 2:30 pm. Nope, it took us 12 1/2 hours and we arrived at 7:30 pm exhausted! 

Ed decided to stop at least every hour for about 10 minutes to make sure the engine and transmission didn't overheat. He called the dealer in Ocala and they gave him the name of a dealer in Kalispell.

                   While driving through the Rocky Mountains we saw some beautiful sites.

And we saw some more animals.

Bear

Goats

We finally reached the border and the line wasn't long.

We can't call anyone about the truck until Monday so we won't be going to Glacier Park tomorrow. Can't risk driving around those mountains roads until we find out what is wrong with the truck.