Seems like we have been heading to Polson forever, and today we arrived. It was all remote check in so we didn’t talk to anyone. Guided to our campsite (best in the park) and reminded of the 14 day quarantine. They even offered to do any grocery shopping we needed done. We were the only customers in the park and we loved it.
After much discussion and research, we decided to stay here a while. The Canadian border was still closed, the virus was still out there, and RV parks were closing all over. Since we had a spot and they could book us longer (they were having tons of cancellations as people were not traveling), we booked ourselves here until May 29 – 6 weeks in one spot, a totally new concept for us.
While we were in quarantine, we developed a habit that we’ve yet to really change. We start each day with our coffee or tea outside (if we can). Of course that seems to be around 11 am these days.
We don’t recognize ourselves. With work I was always in bed by 9 and up by 4. Even in retirement, I’d be up by 0730 – 0800. Now we are staying up till midnight (doesn’t get dark this far north until 10 PM or so. Then even if we wake up at 0800, we are hanging in bed until 10 ish.
After coffee, we clean up the rig, then usually take off for a drive. Even in quarantine, we were allowed to drive. We’ve explored many streets around this area. Our favorite thing seems to be “hey, where does this road go?” Over the 6 weeks here, we have explored many of the back roads in this area and seen some very pretty areas. There are tons of rivers and lakes, forested mountains and snow capped peaks. We are really growing to love this area.
We have a friend, Michael, that has a 60 acre ranch here in Polson. Michael and Suzy (who was one of the CRNAs working with me for many years) came through this area 20 years ago, fell in love and bought a place. So even though they live in San Diego, Michael tries to get up here as often as he can. We were hoping to catch Suzy while we are here, but so far no luck.
When Michael is gone back to San Diego or on a fishing trip, Marsha gets chicken duty and gets to babysit his garden and chickens. She got so inspired that now we have a million huge planters in our RV (ok, maybe 3 small plants, but come on, it’s an RV). But it makes our RV very homey (and remember, it is our home).