Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 81: Frater Lake Trailhead, Colville National Forest, WA Rainy and cool. We had a nice drive on Route 20 West towards Vancouver and Seattle. Several deer, turkeys and a skunk came in the road to say “hi.” We took a paved hike at the site of a log flume in the early 1900s. I... Continue Reading →
Day 80: Springy Point Campground, North Idaho Cloudy and cool. Tom did some reprogramming of our power inverters and I read maps and did other domestic and hygienic things. We went into the town of Sandpoint and found a brewery on Google maps. MickDuffs had some great seasonal beers and wonderful hot wings. We wandered... Continue Reading →
Day 79: Caithness Rest Stop, British Columbia Partly sunny and cool. Decisions, decisionsSo we decided to go to Vancouver through Canada, not the U.S. We were pushing along just fine. We got to Creston, a town full of orchards and two wineries, and saw Columbia Brewery. We had lunch an hour or so earlier and... Continue Reading →
We finished the book, “Alaska,” by James Michener. The audio book is 57 hours long, so it took a while. The tome covers in detail Alaska from prehuman history until 1988: four native nations, Russian occupation, the gold rush, statehood, etc, etc. Since we just spent seven weeks in Alaska, it was easy to follow... Continue Reading →
Sweet Cream Scone, Wild Huckleberry Jam, Peaches We try to get local food. In Montana huckleberries were very popular. Our breakfast is sweet cream scones with wild huckleberry jam, peaches with whipped cream. Jen has perfected using the convection oven. Yay!
Day 78: Townsite Campground, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada Sunny, windy and cool. We are somewhat aimlessly working our way back to Seattle and Vancouver. We haven’t decided if we want to go West through Canada or the U .S. Driving along scenic roads is fun, though. Friday we saw the world’s largest purple... Continue Reading →
Day 77: Two Medicine Campground, Glacier NP, MT Partly sunny, windy, cool. We left the windy and rain-threatened Two Medicine Campground and checked out the Many Glacier entrance to Glacier NP. It was windier. I checked out Many Glacier Hotel there while Tom checked out a new squeak in the vehicle that we couldn’t find.... Continue Reading →
Two Medicines Campground Heading up to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. I think lunch at the Prince of Wales Hotel is a good idea.
Day 76: Summit Campground, Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT Partly sunny and cool. The weather changes dramatically from the plains to the national park, which is on the edge of the mountains. We went from partly sunny south of Glacier NP to the East Glacier entrance so Tom could do some fishing. At 10... Continue Reading →
Day 75: Avalanche Creek Campground, Glacier National Park Cloudy, cool. The Going To The Sun road was exciting! Instructions are that your vehicle has to be less than 21 feet long and 8 feet wide, including the rear view mirrors. Ours is 19.5 and 8, but we can fold the mirrors in if needed. At... Continue Reading →
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