Woke up earlier than normal. 5:30 AM is early for me. Gayla made Huckleberry Coffee and we each enjoyed a huckleberry bear claw. Sat around camp for a bit looked at the map to see where to go. We drove in to Kalispell to get laundry done and restock on supplies for the upcoming week. …
August 2 – Day 28
Woke up later than anticipated. Gayla made coffee. I packed up the Starlink and we were off. Or so we thought. . . Clifford cranked and cranked and cranked some more. No starting. I didn’t hear the glow plug relay box cycling on like it should have. I unbolted the passenger front seat and removed …
August 1 – Day 27
Stayed up semi late. We had downloaded some episodes of Northern Exposure. We watched a few of them before falling asleep. Woke up at 5:45 AM to 48° F here. Nice brisk first day of August. Spent some snuggle time with Lucy. Cooked steak and chicken for brunch with a side of butter and coffee. …
July 31 – Day 26
Stayed up late last night and watched a movie. Gladiator with Russell Crowe. I’d never seen it before. Went outside just after midnight and wow. The stars were shining. Didn’t see any northern lights though. Slept in till about 7:30 AM. Had coffee and talked to Gayla about the day. I edited some more videos. …
July 30 – Day 25
Didn’t see any northern lights last night. Too cloudy. Gayla had a few phone calls today. The Starlink was touch and go mostly. But it was enough to get the job accomplished. I worked on clearing off more media files from our cameras. I also did some video editing and picture editing. Since it was …
July 29 – Day 24
Gayla and Lucy had a good night. Those are few and far between. Today is not normally a work day but we think we’ll just stay here all week for work. We have a good size spot next to the lake and have the only spot where Starlink works. Sometimes. Well, good enough to do …
July 28 – Day 23
Woke up to deer in our camp. Snagged a few pictures of them. Made huckleberry coffee and had a huckleberry bear claw for breakfast. Went down to look at Bowman Lake in the daylight. It is beautiful. Definitely worth the drive. We packed up and wanted to explore towards Kintla Lake. It was only 21 …
July 27 – Day 22
Woke in the middle of the night to a very strong sulphur smell in the air. Don’t know what it was or where it came from. All I know it was not coming from us. Finally got up at 6 AM. It was 52° inside Clifford. Finally it has got chilly. We had packed up …
July 26 – Day 21
Woke up early since in mountain time. Got up made coffee and started working on client projects. Gayla did video calls and I edited podcasts. I got done with my work so I edited some videos and pictures for personal projects. This afternoon Gayla had a cancellation so she had herself a well deserved nap. …
July 25 – Day 20
Woke up early at 6 am. I slept really hard last night. Gayla got up a few times with the dogs and went outside. She didn’t see any northern lights. We left camp at 7:05 AM and headed towards Williston, North Dakota. I dropped Gayla off at Recreation Park and took Clifford to get his …