Glasgow, Montana

As mentioned in my previous post we left Havre and were planning to stop in Glasgow.  I had made reservations at what seemed like a decent campground to cover us for the Fourth of July weekend.  Fortunately the campground did not require a deposit as when we drove up to it we learned it was horrible.  I do not think our trailer would have fit in any of their spaces.  Everything was overgrown and run down.  Fortunately, across the main street was a hotel/casino with a small RV park in the back.  It had nice long gravel spaces with grass and some small trees.  I had seen this campground in our book but the reviews for it were not that good.  I do not understand as it is a nice campground to stay a couple of days, although we will be staying a little longer.  Plus it is only $25 per night for full hook-ups.

We set up, eat dinner and are watching TV when the wind begins to pick up and dark clouds suddenly appear.  I check the weather on the computer and discover there is a severe thunderstorm watch for the area.  OK, a watch is not that bad, so we continue to watch TV.  The winds pick up and up and up and the clouds get darker and darker.  It starts to rain slightly, but big drops.  Then hail the size of peas start, not a huge amount but enough. The hail gets bigger with some the size of golf balls.  Lightning all around and winds that are really shaking the trailer.  OK, time to close up shop.  We quickly put our outside stuff away, put the satellite down and brought in all the slides while continuing to watch the skies.  Our shelter would be the laundry building, or the hotel.  After about an hour the storm began to subside to where it was just a light wind.

I checked for damage today and did not see any hail damage to the truck or trailer so maybe we made out OK. 

Here are a couple of pictures of our RV park

After this weekend we make our way through North Dakota then Minnesota, Wisconsin and into Illinois.  We have changed our dates in Illinois and will be arriving on the 15th of July and probably leaving on the 3rd of August.