North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame
We slept in and when we awoke, the bison herds were still fresh in our thoughts and thus the topic of conversation over pancake breakfast. The rain that had passed through and the… Read More
Big Bison & Real Cowboys
Fog settled in the bottom of the river basin and wrapped the campground in cool damp air. It was a perfect morning to sleep in, but I was awake. Trying not to… Read More
Work Day in Medora
Because it was going to be hot and humid and we had a fair amount of travel planning to do, we headed into Medora to find good connectivity for phones and Internet.… Read More
A National Park to Ourselves
We awoke to a rain storm this morning. It was fairly light, just enough to cool the air and suppress the insects a bit. We packed lunches and headed to the North… Read More
Purple Rain on the Plains with a Twang
Day two of driving, but only 160 miles from Wolf Point, Montana to Medora, North Dakota. We left early so that we might get a good campsite at Theodore Roosevelt National Park,… Read More
Mosquito Park
Today was a big driving day for us with more than 400 miles covered across northern Montana. Pretty much a straight shot – flat, with small towns every 30 miles where we… Read More
Snow Dogs, Mountain Goats & Fire on the Fourth
Happy Independence Day! The loud flapping sound outside of our coach told us two things. First, that it was windy. Very windy in fact, such that I had to roll up our… Read More
Why the Bear Crossed the Road
After a breakfast of pancakes, we drove up to Many Glacier for a day of hiking. Our “next door neighbor” at the KOA campground, a parole officer from Illinois, showed us pictures… Read More
Two Medicine Lake & Bear “Sightings”
Since we were unable to complete our attempt at crossing the park via the “Going-to-the-Sun Road” from the west, we were anxious to try it again from the east. Unfortunately the road… Read More
West Glacier to St. Mary
Today was moving day – from Fish Creek on the west side of Glacier NP to St. Mary – Glacier Park KOA on the east side. Easy drive. Ninety nine point six… Read More
Night Falls in Glacier NP
Honestly, this should have been a day unworthy of a picture or a post. At least that’s true for the first 95 percent of it. We slept in … again, and stayed… Read More
The Drive to Kintla Lake
The rain continued through the night and kept the coach downright cold. After our experience in Collier – where the heat pump auto-switched over to the not-yet-broken-in furnace and filled our trailer with smoke, setting off… Read More
Journey into the Wild
It was a short drive from Alberton to the Fish Creek Campground near West Glacier Village where we were scheduled to dry camp over the next three days. So we slept in… Read More
The Long Drive
Today was a travel day. A long one. Five hundred fifty two miles to be exact, and that doesn’t include the miscellaneous turn-arounds we had to do through some construction zones and… Read More
Bend – Oasis in Central Oregon
Bend was an oasis (high speed wifi, hot showers, laundry rooms, AC power, large and well-stocked grocery stores…), and the last such place for the next several weeks. From here, we aimed… Read More
Rare Pizza Shark Sighting in Bend
Among the many benefits of camping is the food. Despite the limited food options (try finding a well-stocked grocery store in any popular camping area) and the lack of proper tools, there’s… Read More
A Down Day
We had a final breakfast with our friends, returning to Melita’s for a little country cookin’. Lots of biscuits, gravy, eggs and syrup for everyone. Our journey began in the company of… Read More
Collier Logging Museum
About a mile from the campground, along the clear, cold (very cold) waters of Spring Creek, down a winding dirt trail, under US-97 and across a pine wood bridge is the Collier… Read More
Crater Lake
On our way out to Crater Lake, I discovered that this part of the wilderness doesn’t have fuel stations everywhere and had to turn the group back to the nearest station I… Read More
From Lassen to Central Oregon
It wasn’t easy to leave the Lassen area, but we headed north toward Crater Lake National Park. The drive along CA-44/89 North took us past MacArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, where we… Read More