The Dreaded "S"-word

We drove a little over 300 miles today, Tuesday.  Ended up in a Walmart parking lot for the night in Havre, MT. Being the tightwad I am, it's just so hard for me to have to pay someone $20 or $30 bucks for camping when all we need is a place to park and sleep for the night. And we sleep very well in our self-contained camper... even in the middle of a big parking lot.

Tomorrow we'd like to make it to the west side of Glacier National Park. We've been really looking forward to seeing Glacier again... it's been 30 years or so.  But... lookout... here's the latest from the Weather Service for Montana....

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Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
241 PM MDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...COLD AND MOIST SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MONTANA TONIGHT...

.A STRONG JET WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO
NORTHWEST MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 6500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MTZ002-043-011100-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0107.100901T0600Z-100902T0600Z/
WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION-
241 PM MDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
  TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS GLACIER PARK
  INTO THE BOB MARSHALLS. SNOW LEVELS WILL STEADILY FALL TO
  AROUND 6500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR LOGAN
  PASS AND MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6500 FEET.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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This is still August, isn't it?

T