Idaho

With tasks completed we headed out the next morning heading eastward along Rt. 12 towards Missoula, Montana where we stopped to purchase a paper road map. Road maps are less common then they were in years past. At one point every gas station sold them. Road maps give the big picture which helps with our planning of a route. Along with the paper map we use both a Garmin GPS and Goggle Maps. Each of the three have advantages and the combination works for us.

Leaving Missoula, we continued eastward along US 200 avoiding many of the larger town in the State. Our goal was a National Forest Service campground five miles past Lincoln. We wanted a place to hunker down away from the 4^th of July festivities, with today being July 3. We arrived around 3:30 only to discover the last campsite had just been occupied. C’est la vie. We retraced our path back to Lincoln and got a campsite at the town park.

Now for me I’ve never enjoyed fireworks. We figured since it’s only July 3 we were okay, yet once it started getting dark the firecrackers and other fireworks started and did not let up until 11 PM. Oh well, it simply reenforced that tomorrow needed to be a short travel day where we can grab a site before it fills.