DOH!... a deer

Today's traveling put us to the test more than any day so far. It started out pleasant enough in cour d'lane, Idaho. We finialy got a chance to put our map of the US on the Pleasurevan and fill in the states we had camped in. I chatted with our neighbors who were visiting from Denmark. It turns out that they were heading to Glacier National Park just like we were. They had talked with the people at the office in the RV park who suggested a more scenic route (I now suspect the office staff like Danes) They said the route was a bit longer (did I mention they probably didn't like Danes!) try 4 hours longer! The route was very scenic, but ...somewhere around the Montana border our luck turned. I was in the process of pointing out the beautiful doe on the side of the road when...it sprinted into our path! I hammered the brakes (hats off to our toad's brake assist) but to no avail. I'll spare you the gorey details, but suffice to say the deer exploded on the left bumper. Ok, I didn't spare you much. Needless to say I felt bad for the deer but was dreading looking at the front bumper. After pulling over I couldn't believe there was no damage... can you say "bujilt ford tough". Somewhat shaken the drive continued when I noticed every 2 miles or so a white cross on the roadside, these Donna had read, represented highway deaths. As sobering a thought as that was it really hit home when we came to a stop in traffic... an accident... that required a 45 minute wait for an emergency helicopter to land on the road. Add to that a detour onto a barely driveable gravel road and the car battery getting so low that our brake assist let out a warning scream and you have the rest of our day. I am now sipping wine eating a wonderful shrimp and rice meal in a beautiful campsite at Glacier. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings