Friday, July 27, 2018

Devil Creek Campground, Flathead National Forest, Montana


Well, that didn't work. Apgar campground on the west side of Glacier National Park is a zoo. Completely full. I decided to move down the road just a bit instead to another National Forest campground. It has almost all the amenities of Apgar at about ½ the price and is about halfway between the east and west sides of the park.

I could have stayed at Summit, but this place is more open so my solar panel gets more sun and the water is good. The water at Summit campground was brown.

The other thing I did today, besides moving camp, was get a replacement faucet for my shower. The shower in the trailer works sort of like a home shower with a knob you pull up to change from tub to shower. In this case, it changes from the sink to the shower head. The old one decided not to divert the water to the shower, so it needed to be replaced. It was only $27, but it's a 90 minute drive to Kalispel to the RV shop. Replacing it didn't even need any tools. All the fasteners are hand tightened.

I also explored Hungry Horse Reservoir, to the west of Glacier. There are campgrounds there, but they are almost as long a drive to the west entrance of Glacier as this one. It is a pretty place:



With a huge dam you drive across:



I think I'll explore the east side of Glacier tomorrow.

I also seem to have escaped the heat, finally. The highs today were in the mid 70s, not like the mid 90s at Little Bighorn.



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