Another Boondock

Nothing like a rainy, cold night in a Walmart parking lot to give you warm, fuzzy feelings. We are in Laurel, Montana. We left South Dakota and a very pleasant. morning temperature in the low 60's. There was a light wind that increased in velocity as we moved westward. By 11 AM, it became such a strong head wind that the motor home struggled to go more than 50 mph. When I-90 turned north, we were in the high plains and Larry had about an hour of struggling to maintain a lane with 40-50 mph side winds. We finally got into the more mountainous terrain and it was a lot better. Around 3 PM, mountain time, the rain started. It was fairly light, but now at 9 PM, it's heavier. There is a WW advisory out until tomorrow 10 AM. Things look fine here in the valley. The problem will be two mountain passes that we need to go over. The snow has been falling there since this afternoon. We will be checking on-line for road conditions. Fortunately, the MDOT does the decision making for the drivers on I-90. If conditions are not good, they close gates at the exits and you have to get off and wait in whatever town it is until the roads open again. If you go around a gate, you get arrested. Good idea!