STW3 Hop 4: Missoula MT to Post Falls ID

171 miles via I-90 and local roads. Cumulative tow miles: 557. Truck miles: 214. Cumulative truck miles: 711.

This was an easy trip for navigation: a couple of turns to get onto I-90, a couple of turns to get off of I-90. Otherwise, just follow I-90. However, the trip was preceded by a trip back to the tire place to get the torque on the lugnuts checked, plus two rest area stops to make sure that none had come loose. Everything was fine, but to say we were spooked by the specter of wobbling tires would be an understatement.

There was also a number of significant climbs over passes – one up to 6000 feet – and it was all done in rain. Not heavy rain, but steady rain.

Not a fun hop.

Our home in Missoula was the Missoula KOA Journey campground. The campground was very nice – nice pool/hottub, nice store, nice store, nice dog park. And big, wide sites with separate parking spaces. If we ever return to Missoula (unlikely) we will come back here.

It also had a wonderful sunset on the day we arrived. A pretty good one the next night, too.

But as our stop in Missoula was primarily a regroup and resupply stop, the main feature of the campground was location: it was within 2 miles of Costco, Walmart, Staples (a new laptop for Jett), a laundromat (clean underwear!) and tire places (2 new tires). Everything got done and Missoula benefitted from our spending.