Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

When we were getting ready to move north to Duncan for 5 days we experienced some problems with the truck.    When Rex went to start the truck it made a clunk noise and then was very hard to start.   While we were hooking up we noticed fluid leaking out from the muffler.   White vapor was also coming out the tail pipe.   We unhooked again and took it to a Ford Dealership in West Victoria where they diagnosed a plugged oil cooler causing the EGR cooler to overheat and leak coolant into the engine.   They had to remove the turbo charger in order to replace the two coolers.   After the repairs they had to run the truck at 1200 rpm for 1 hour and then drain and refill and then run for another hour and flush until clear.   The repairs took until about 6 pm on Tuesday so we waited until Wednesday morning to pick up the truck and hear what the final cost would be – Ouch$$!! With the uncertainty of when the truck would be finished we decided ...

We headed towards Flathead Lake Monday morning and stopped in Kalispell to get our air conditioner repaired. It had stopped working a couple of weeks ago and August is not the time to be without an air conditioner. The RV dealer we stopped at gave us the name of the guy who does their air conditioning work. He was able to fix the air conditioner (a switch had burned out) in a couple of hours and we were on our way. We drove to Polson, MT at the south end of Flathead Lake and are going to stay here for a few days. We are staying at Eagle Nest RV, which has a cherry orchard on one side, a golf course on one side and a horse pasture on another side. It is a really nice park with lots of grass and trees. Unfortunately, we are at the end of the cherry season and we might not be able to find any fresh cherries. Tuesday morning we decided to take a drive around Flathead Lake. This is a very scenic area with lots of fruit orchards. We found a fruit stand and bought cherries, peaches, tomatoes ...