Last night the weather put on another dazzling Montana display. During most of the daylight hours, the skies were clear but a couple hours before dark the clouds started clumping up and soon the wind, lightning, thunder and rain commenced. Brilliant flashes of light followed by loud cracks and rumbles as the weather system moves through the pass are spectacular. The steep mountains and narrow valleys make for some nifty prolonged echoes.
Regrettably, today we had to leave the Hungry Horse and Glacier National Park areas since we were ignorant and did not schedule enough time here. We stowed our gear, disconnected from the utilities and departed Hungry Horse westbound on US-2. With the exception of Kalispell and Libby, US-2 is one lane each way and there are some lumpy and narrow sections but, taken as a whole, the drive is great and passes through stunning scenery of lakes, rivers and mountains.
After a couple hours we pulled into Libby, MT, and passed most of the way through town before pulling into Woodland RV Park. The entrance is right near US-2 but, due to the way the park is configured, we do not hear the traffic on the highway. We were directed to a spot between some large Douglas Fir trees with grass between the RV spaces. The park has full hookups, cable TV with 66 channels and wi-fi along with the usual laundry and restroom/shower complexes for those traveling without their own crappers and showers. There is a pretty stream running around the perimeter of the park.
Most of the spots are quite spacious with ample room to maneuver trailers but we were still granted the pleasure of watching the park attendant help our neighbor across the street to back his very fancy new motor home right over some park improvements followed by assertions that his RV radiator was just fine despite having a short fence post jabbed into it. We acted like we were not looking after it occurred. We had to go inside to laugh. After all, if the owner/expert can’t get you into your spot without squishing his costly improvements, who can?