Coast2Coast Day 18: Sula to Wisdom, MT; searching for Wisdom, by a Fool!

We slept in then had blueberry pancakes with bacon this morning!  Met Denny and Susan, from NW WA near Canada, who suggested we stop at the Bib Hole Battleground Visitor Center.  While Melissa and I took on the climb to Chief Joseph Pass, Darren and Cathy continued the process to bring the ‘house side’ of the van to health.

The climb up to the pass was a bit of a challenge for me, but a piece of cake for Melissa.  We met at the turn off for Route 43 which would take us to Wisdom.  The downhill was enjoyable with smooth pavement.

Melissa and I stopped at the Big Hole Battleground Visitor Center.  Conner greeted us, with a question of whether we would stay for the video, which we did choose to view.  In addition to the museum quality displays, the video tells the story of the US Army’s pursuit of the Nez Pierce Indians, the treaty-manipulations of the US government, and the slaughter of women and children by the US Army along with volunteers.

Darren discovered that the van’s set of fuses were ‘cap-tut.’  With a few other machinations, the van is now connected effectively so that the ‘house side’ is performing while connected!

We have set a destination for the next day, as we need a couple of new fuses, likely in Dillon to get a key fuse.

We are also set to get to West Yellowstone to position Melissa and I for a one-day ‘sprint’ across the National Park.  Hopefully the damaged roads will not slow us down on the 80 miles across the Park!

We are playing Toppling Towers, a mini-Jinga game, on a wobbling table within Darren and Melissa’s van!  Listening to a great playlist, and prepped for some huckleberry ice cream before turning in for the evening!