DAy 6

Day 6

Well we got an early start because we wanted to be in Kalispell Mt at my friends house early enough so we could visit.  Drive was great until we were stopped because of blasting on the road.  Thankfully we only waited 20 minutes - they had said on signs that the wait could be up to 75 minutes.  Its amazing what people do while they are stopped on the road - we saw people petting other peoples horses - one guy climbed the jersey barrier and layed down on the road = and 2 women, not from the US, walked about 20 feet to the right of us and hunkered down to go to the bathroom.  We were both shocked!! can you say YUCK!!  Finally got through that and then moved onto Idaho.  Truck was doing great until Lookout Pass.  Holy cow, I have never seen such a long windy straight up hill road in all of my life.  Remember I just came from Alaska through Canada and this hill made those look like ant hills.  Well I heard a noise ( I always hear noises) and asked Hunter if he had heard it - of course he didnt.  Then 10 seconds later my dash said check gauges and that quickly we overheated.  Fortunately there was a trucker turn out so we pulled in.  It was about 100 in this turnout.  Called my mechanic quick with a question (yes I have him on speed dial).  Could barely open the hood it was so hot to touch, added coolant, walked the dog, waited and then got on our way.  I keep asking Hunter to take pictures because it is hard to take good pics when you are driving and doing 70 so he has taken about 100 pics of the dog, me, and random things.  My right shoulder is bruised from seeing so many VW and banana boats that we have stopped playing that game for a bit.   We made it to my friends in good time - have decided to rest today and stay here with her and leave early tomorrow morning.  Thinking on taking Hunter to a lake to go swimming or something.  Not sure yet!