A big crowd at 6 am breakfast for a Sunday. Not sure what they do or where they were going, but they all were dressed for 40 below.


Last night looked at the time on my computer and it was almost 9, BB had already gone to bed so I shut down. When I climbed into bed I realized that it was only 8 pm local ... so we were both awake before the alarm went off at 5 am.


Breakfast was good. Eggs, sausage, potatoes and other stuff. I wasn't looking close and grabbed a 'light' yogurt. One taste and I realized what I had done. The juice this AM tasted like it was right out of a bottle. The only opps we had was when we checked in. BB said we wanted to be on the 3rd floor ... until we got in the elevator and saw there were four floors. We try to be on the top floor so no one is stomping on our ceiling.


Fuel started out at 13 where it left off yesterday. Then went up to 14 before coming back down. Good news was that by the end of the day it was holding at over 15 up and down the passes.


First stop was in Livingston at the Town Pump. I miss guessed and we ended up in the grocery parking lot. Rather than move we just walked next door.


Next stop was Rocker at the Flying J. GasBuddy said there was a place with cheaper fuel but I hadn't seen it before so we didn't plan on that. I looked when we went by so maybe next time. The difference when we are only putting in 10 gallons only amounts to a $1 a fill between the two of us so not a huge savings. I fueled in the truck island, not sure if I got my points or not, they don't show on my receipt.


Roads are a little icy in places. Over one of the passes it was still hard pack in one lane so we just went with the flow until the road cleared. Lots of fine snow. Fine as in light, not as in I like it. Before we got to Missoula, my low wiper fluid light came on. I had noticed that it wasn't full but didn't know I was that low.


Lots of 'auto' things on this RV. It seems like the wipers come on when they need to. And the beep-beep comes on when I cross a white or yellow line without my blinker on. And a light on my mirror comes on if someone is passing me ... and it beeps if I turn my blinker on when someone is beside me.


Missoula, we stop at the Wheat Montana for lunch. It is one of our 'go-to' places in MT. Good sandwiches. BB had split pea soup and something, I had a french dip. I also bought my wiper fluid while we waited. Then we fueled before we left, we weren't sure we'd make it to Post Falls before needing fuel.


Both scales today said 'trucks over 26,000#' so we did not enter. I've had crossed those scales for years in stuff under 26,000#, I guess I never paid to much attention. Just was in the habit of crossing.


One rest area stop today at Salteze, then another hundred miles to Post Falls. Winding through the mountains the curves are posted at 45 mph ... suggested. Today some pickup was doing just that. Most semi's take the curves faster than that and we were, as soon as we could get around him.


Most fuel is within a few cents coming across Montana. But in Post Falls we found it at WalMart for $3.31 and a few miles away at Flying J it was $3.85. We did stop at Walmart.


We had thought we'd get past Spokane but the more reviews BB read the less she wanted to stay at the Super 8. A Quality Inn just across the Washington line had good reviews but no food within walking distance. So we ended up at the Sleep Inn in Post Falls. There is a good restaurant in the mostly abandon outlet mall. But that closed at 6 pm and we weren't really hungry after eating at Wheat Montana. Finally we walked over to Zipps. It's like a low end McD's. Looking online there are about 20 in WA and another 10 in ID.


Also looked online and saw that a Country Kitchen we have eaten at in Sheridan became a 4B's a few days ago. 4B's doesn't have a website so I have to look for stuff that shows up in the news. I should have looked closer when we ate at the one in Billings. I did notice that it looked like there were more pegs on the map than there used to be. At one point I think they were down to 3-4 locations open before someone took them over and started re-opening them and adding new ones.


Fuel. Not good. BB had already spent more on fuel than we are getting paid for. And we still have tomorrow to go. I'm doing a little better because I had bonus fuel in mine when I picked it up. But my fuel money will be spent with the next fill. Worst trip ever as far as fuel goes. This model is on the bottom of our list but it was the best there was this time.


Looked at the map of our drop and it is a long block from where our big RV's are made in Junction City. So we will be watching the board. Still don't know how many or when they put RV's out. It was about a month ago when they last put out RV's that lasted overnight. If nothing shows up we will deadhead home after we drop Tuesday.


Looks like our plan is to stay in Eugene. Then Tues AM take one RV, drop one person off to pickup the rental car. Then stash the 1st RV near the drop and go back with the rental car and pickup the 2nd RV. We should have time to get both of them up to the drop by our 10 am appt.


We should be past the snow and passes, but tomorrow we go through both Spokane and Portland.