Marvelous Missoula... and MORE SMOKE in VanGo

We're in the neat little town of Missoula, MT, now, and will be for a few more days until we can try to get the ongoing problem with the heater/AC/defroster figured out. We've had smoke coming out of the  vents twice now. And the blower fan has burnt out twice. So something must be causing it.  I've found a mechanic who can look at it on Wednesday morning, so cross fingers we can get it fixed a little more permanently than two days ago.

Missoula is a fun university town.  We went to a downtown music fest last evening, and would you believe we walked by a lady who looked vaguely familiar, so I turned around, stopped her and asked if she lived in Annapolis.  Turns out she's a woman I met with a hiking group in Annapolis several years ago! She has the most strikingly beautiful hair or I don't think I ever would have recognized her in the crowd.   So she showed us around and gave us lots of insider tips for Missoula.

Montana is all about outdoor sports, particularly fly fishing, and I have wanted to try fly fishing since I saw "A River Runs Through It".   Would you believe the lady I ran into last night has a son who fly fishes, and he offered to give me a lesson sometime, so I just may get my wish one of these days!

Gail and Julie Devlin from Annapolis