Sept. 30 Thursday – 30 days on the road!

Was a lovely sunny day again today!  B got out for a 2-3 hour bike ride, while I relaxed doing my girly stuff, then walked in town and did a little shopping.  One store was much the same as the other store.  But, the Bakery had some good stuff so settled on treats to bring home. 

We left around 1:00 for Cape Disappointment and the Lighthouse.  That walk really worked yesterday’s kinks out. The view was awesome of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean.  From there we drove along the Columbia River to the Port of Ilwaco, which has a big fish processing plant and a beautiful harbour boardwalk, where we found a nice restaurant for an afternoon drink and snack. We drove Highway 101 to the bridge to Astoria, Oregon, but decided not to cross (that is for Monday), so continued along Highway 401 and back into Long Beach by that route.

The temperature went up to 83 today, so we are just a little warm this evening!  BUT we are not complaining! 

Tonight at 6:45 we walked really fast to the beach to catch the sunset.  Was awesome and helped work of supper. 

We have a mechanic coming Friday morning at 10 to look at the bus. 

Hugs

R&B

On route to Cape Disappointment

Tonight's sunset

Sept. 29, Wednesday

Was a lovely sunny day!  We jumped on the bikes and headed for the paved 8 mile beach trail.  We had a great ride out but didn’t realize we really had a strong wind at our back.  So the 8 mile return trip was pure hell!  I needed to stretch out on the bed for a ½ hour before I could even think straight again.  Guess I am a little out of shape!  After lunch we jumped in the car and drove Highway 103 to the north end of the peninsula through Klipsan Beach, Ocean Park, and Surfside Estates to Leadbetter Point.  We went to the State Park and did the 1 ½ mile loop walking trail.  I have had enough exercise for one day, thank you!  Drove back the

Peninsula Highway

and have now seen most of the places to the north of Long Beach. Tomorrow our drive will take us south.

We picked up the spark plug wires and have them installed, but will not know if all is well till we drive off.  Going to check with the local garage to see if they could have a look, if we need them!

By 4:30 the fog had moved over the area and the temperature took a nose dive to 58 from 67, but, tomorrow and for the next several days still sound warm and sunny. 

Hugs                       

R&B

Above are moutains of Oyster shells!

The Pacific Ocean

Sept. 28, Tuesday

                              Guess, I lost the 27^th?

We are now in the Sand Castle RV Park in Long Beach, WA right on the Pacific Ocean.  Our first time (this trip) to really see the ocean!  We drove from Bellevue down to Olympia, across on Highway #8 to the 101 and then south to Raymond, and onto Long Beach, 177 miles.  We had a mixed bag of weather driving here, but since arriving at 2ish the sun has been out and it's just lovely.  We went for a long walk on the beach which is across the street from the Park.  The beach is classified as a highway and cars can drive on it. But we would need Carol & Larry’s Tracker! 

There are lots of beach condos and a great Boardwalk plus a paved 8 mile pathway, so we should get some exercise here!  We might get the bikes off and go for a ride since we are here for 3 nights.  There is another park just up the road and it's on the beach, so we may go there for a couple more nights, if, we feel like staying here longer. Tomorrow will be a sight seeing day in the car, the 101 is pretty narrow in places!

The weather looks good for a couple of days and we really would like to see that happen. A little good weather luck!

We are yet again experiencing some mechanical problems.  The bus is not running smoothly at all! It skips a beat on the up hills.  Thought maybe water in the gas, a blown spark plug? We went to an auto parts store and purchased new spark plugs and Bruce is in the process of changing them now.  But when he pulled one plug, something fell out of it????  We just paid a lot to have new plugs installed before we left Ottawa.  I can see a worried look on his face.  He’s had to go back to the parts store to get the correct plugs...... OK this is our third and hopefully final problem. 

With today's mileage we are 3,105 bus miles from home and we have put over 1,500 miles on the car.

Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Hugs

R&B

Sept.25-26, Sunday and Mondy

Sept. 25, Sunday

It rained all day, so we relaxed and got into a couple of good books.

B finished off a David Baldacci, True Blue – he’s not sure he liked the ending!  I am into Lee Child, Gone Tomorrow; it just keeps growing page by page!

Sept. 26, Monday

Still raining a little this morning when we left for Port Orchard.  We took scenic roads down through Newcastle, but it was I-5 to Tacoma, then WA-16 to Gig Harbour.  We enjoyed a walk about the town as the sun had finally started to come out and the temperature was heating up.  We managed to find back roads to Port Orchard, got a few pictures of the Puget Sound Navy Shipyard in Bremerton.  From there we traveled out Hwy #3 to #101 and around to Olympia (Capitol of Washington State) but the sky had clouded over, the drizzle started and it was going on 4:00 rush hour, so we just headed back to “our” waterfront property in Bellevue, where the temp had risen to an overcast 82 and by 9:30 it’s still 72.

We discovered the laundry room and completed two loads of washing. 

Tomorrow we hit the highway again for somewhere south!  Right now the plan is to head to Long Beach for a day or two, which is on the Pacific Ocean and our first real stay on the Pacific Ocean.

Gig Harbour

 Seattle Skyline

Seattle Space Needle

Hugs

R&B

PS  THANK YOU KERRY, THE PICTURE ATTACHMENT IS

NOW WORKING!!!

Love You

Dad and R

Sept. 24, Saturday in Seattle

We had a wonderful sunshine, about 80 degrees, rain/cloud free day, so we made the very best of it.

Went to visit Maria and it was good to see her again and her three beautiful children.  They have a beautiful house in the Bellevue area with lots of privacy and she was just 8 miles from our park.

We then went downtown Seattle directly to the Space Needle.  Got our tickets and soon we were 520’ up overlooking Seattle from all sides.  Great experience!  We then started our walk around the downtown, first heading to the water.  Took a while but we finally found access to the waterfront!  We decided to go on the one hour harbour cruise and that was so nice with all that sunshine and warm weather.  Then we found our way to Pike Place Market and it was just packed with people.  So we found a not so quiet spot called Lowell’s and had an early supper or late lunch?  I had cod fish, cold slaw and fries which, was close to the best I have ever had.  B had a fish sandwich, but had to help me finish my meal, so that’s why I think we had an early supper.

We wondered around the Market, there were fresh fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, plus so much more. It was now 4:30 and we were just exhausted, so started our climb up hill back to the Space Needle parking lot.

Back now and enjoying our water front property, we even have a bride and groom in having some wedding pictures taken, we fed the little ducks and are going to relax for the rest of the evening.

They say we could have more rain tomorrow, so guess we will just have to wait and see what tomorrow does bring.  (Was going to add a picture but that link seems to have stopped working??)

Night, Night

Hugs

R&B

Sept.23, Thursday and Friday Sept. 24

After a restful hotel night, lite breakfast, a trip to Walmart and Campers World we returned to the Truck Center only to be told they would need all day.

So, we decided to drive to Bellevue in the pouring rain to check out our next RV Park.  It looked good so we booked 4 nights and since we had bought lunch at Walmart we stayed, eat in the car and watched the fog and rain over the lake.  Next we decided to visit the Boeing “Future of Flight Aviation Center and Tour” in Everett.  The rain had stopped by the time we arrived and our tour started at 2:30.  The Boeing Company and the Everett product line include the 747, 777 and all new 787.  Tour got us into the largest building in the world by volume, so it was a very interesting experience. (No purses/camera’s allowed)  We didn’t get away from there till almost 5pm and thought “Oh boy” we are really going to be in rush hour traffic, but, no we breezed back to Mt. Vernon and the Valley Truck Centre by 6:00, only to be told it would be a few more hours.  So, off out for supper to the Skagit River Brewery!  Great spot, they had a guitarist singing old Bob Dillon tones and our supper was more than enough plus we killed almost two hours. 

We returned to the garage by 9:00pm – bus is still not done and they continued to do a few things before driving it out onto their lot.  We spent the night here, as we certainly need to do a test drive tomorrow.

Sept. 24, Friday

We didn’t sleep well in the parking lot at the Valley Truck Center, got the bus back into the shop by 8:00am and took off for breakfast.  We found the Mt. Vernon Café and the place was full, so we knew we would get a good breakfast.  And we did!  We returned to the garage and they were back working on the motor home.  Bruce had checked the front wheel bearings and found they had not put enough oil back in and they had even taken it for a test drive last night!  That left us worried about more damage.  They had to remove the wheels again and rectify that. (No damage) They thought they found our noise in the front under/beside the passenger seat.  Some bolts holding the body to the frame had come loose, so they fixed that.   But, unfortunately that was not the problem.  This is two truck centers later and nobody can figure out what is causing the noise.  They all have said it’s perfectly safe to drive, so we will continue on.  With all new rear brakes plus many new parts, we got underway at 9:45.

We are settled into the Vasa RV Park in Bellevue for 4 nights and are having a restful afternoon.  Very poor internet service here!

Hugs

R&B

Sept. 22, Wednesday Night

We got the bus into the Valley Truck Service Center in Mount Vernon, and then left for our sight seeing tour of the islands.  We headed back up to Highway #20 and went out to Anacortes on Fidalgo Island.  Toured the town, Washington Park, 220 acre loop road, and took pictures of San Juan Islands, Mt. Baker and Puget Sound. Onward to the Deception Pass, Oak Harbour, and the Keystone Ferry port and lunch in The Keystone Café.  (good place) By now we are on Whidbey Island where the latest human foot was found (without a running show).  So we did not venture to far off on our own. We then continue on down island, taking the #525, but cutting off at Smugglers Cove route  and back up through Freeland, Bayview and into Clinton-Mukilteo ferry crossing.  We were very surprised at the car price, $8.75 for a 5 minute crossing. Once back to the mainland, we headed for Highway 9 straight north and back to the Valley Truck Center. (I-5 is for another day)  Our motorhome sits there tonight, with all 6 wheels off and the parts on order and to arrive tomorrow! 

We collected overnight stuff and headed to the Best Western Hotel which offers discounts to the Valley Truck Centre customers; had a great supper at a local restaurant that was within walking distance and are now ready to crash for the night!

Don’t have any idea about tomorrow!

Night, Night

Hugs

R&B

Sept 21 pictures

Grand Coulee Dam

  Just look at the colour of the water!

Sept. 19 Sunday, Sept. 20 Monday -- No Internet !! Sept. 21 Tuesday

Sept 21, Tuesday, farewell to Carol and Larry

It was up and at it early this morning.  The boys did their 1 hour walk, home by 8 and we left Chelan at 9:15.  Sun out, no rain and we all headed for Winthrop, an old fashion Western Town with lots of shopping and restaurants. We did a tour, had a coffee break together and then it was time to say our goodbyes.  Till we meet again in November, guys! Hope you made it home without any troubles.

We continued on, not knowing just how far we would go.  We headed out Highway 20 W over the Washington Pass, some 5,477’ up there!  Wonderful views of the Diablo dam and the very green water. We really could not recommend this route for a gas motor home! It was at this point we noticed/smelled we had brake problems. The sensors for the anti-lock brakes had burned off, because the brakes got too hot! The brakes still worked, so we continued down hill into Newhalem, now we are only 200’+- and we felt we could make it into Burlington.  Which we did, safe and sound, but we have another bus appointment tomorrow at 8:30!  This service might be a big one!!!  

We are settled into the KOA in Burlington and are just a couple of miles from the Pacific Ocean, which hopefully we will see on our drive to Mt. Vernon tomorrow morning.

Hugs,

R&B

Sept. 20^th, Monday

B and Larry went for their 7: am walk back by 8:am.  After breakfast we were off up the shore line of Lake Chelan to Manson. Cute, touristy little town! Got some nice pictures with sun!  We came back to Chelan and walked the main street checking out all the shops.  Then to the Wal-mart for a few essentials and it was back downtown to the BC MacDonald’s Pub for lunch.  From there we went back to the motor homes, off loaded the groceries and all went for a walk along the shores of Lake Chelan, then back home to sit outside and enjoy the afternoon sunshine that we have not had too much of the past few days.  

This evening Carol made a wonderful BC Salmon supper and we had, yet again, another wonderful evening of conversation and plan making.

Sept. 19 Sunday

We left Grand Coulee (2,655 miles out of Ottawa) in rain and more rain, but by the time we arrived in Chelan the sun was out, the temperature was very warm and we were sweating by the time we got set up.  Sun over the water was a wonderful sight, after so many days without!

By 2:15 we were set up at the Lakeshore RV Park in Chelan with a great view of the lake.  Carol and Larry arrived just a ½ hour later.  We have had a great afternoon/evening of conversation + a terrible supper by R (which she will never live down) and have now retired at 10pm, with plans mapped out for Monday.

Just a note (Sept. 18)

The google map is not correctly showing our position anymore, so I'm not sure what is happening.
Unfortune!

Sept. 18, Saturday

Happy Birthday Mom, I tried to get you a balloon all day.

We didn’t leave Coeur D’Alene till 11:45, by then the rain had stopped and we didn’t have far to go.  However, driving through Spokane we decided it was just another big city and we motored right on through.  We decided to head out Highway #2, then a little north to Grand Coulee Dam.  Turned out we drove 140 miles instead of 30!  We are in the Grand Coulee RV Park way up on the side of the mountain, with a great view of the Columbia River.  Tonight we went out for supper and then attended the laser light show at the dam.  They let the water flow completely over the whole dam, which turned it into a wall of white, so that the light show would stand out.  It was pretty impressive! 

Tomorrow it’s off to Chelan and the Lakeview RV Park….

Hugs

R&B

Sept. 17 Friday

The joys of being retired, we can change plans as many times as we like and no one really care. 

We decided to stay in Coeur D’Alene one more day.  The weather is still overcast and some rain.  We traveled to Post Falls, Idaho to an RV Superstore, just to look around.  Found a couple of lights we wanted but wouldn’t you know it, they were out of stock.  We found a new Cabelo’s store, stopped for a look. They are very similar to the Bass Pro-Shop. 

Drove the scenic route back to Coeur D’Alene and had lunch in a cute little restaurant just off the main street.  I purchased a bottle of Idaho Wild Huckleberry Syrup, it seems to be very popular around here, had some with my lunch and it was delicious.

Then we walked the main street, but, there are only restaurants and art shops left on

Main Street

.

We will travel 30 miles to Spokane Saturday for one night.  That will be all the time we need in a big city!  Sunday we’re are off to Chelan, WA for a two night visit with Carol and Larry.  Will be good to see you guys again!

Carol P. you surprised me….how did you figure out how to be a follower?

Hay, that’s it for tonight.

Hugs

R&B

Sept. 16, Thursday

Another day on Blackwell Island, Idaho comes to an end.  Today we toured the city of Coeur D’Alene, nice but similar to many other downtowns where most of the business is now out in the new Malls.  The Coeur D’Alene Lake is very large, but with rain off and on today, we didn’t even take a picture.

We are planning to move to Spokane tomorrow for two days, then with luck meet up with Carol and Larry for Sunday and Monday nights.  We tried for Saturday and Sunday but the park was book up – not one spot left!  We have been noticing that there are a lot of RV’s and motor homes on the road and that most of the parks are full or close to full by 7:00 in the evening.

We are hoping for a break in the weather, but it still looks like a mixed bag for the weekend.  The temperature has been good, so we were able to sit outside this evening and we get our walk in.

Hugs all,

R&B

Sept. 15, Wednesday

It was a successful day!  Said farewell to Jim & Mary’s RV Park and were at the I-State Truck Center at 8:45.  Got the repairs done to the bus, two new shocks, new differential breather with oil and a couple of other things checked and found no problems. Plus we were even happy with the repair bill!  We got on the road to Coeur D’Alene, 163 miles away by 12:30, went through another time change, so we where here by 2:30. 

(We are now 3 hours earlier than Ottawa).

We are in the Blackwell Island RV Resort which is right on Blackwell Island (Sandpoint) on the Spokane River, which is at the mouth of Coeur D’Alene Lake.  Beautiful spot and we have had a great chat with a lovely couple from Calgary, Alberta and walked the entire 172 site park twice. Temperature was 80 in Spokane and we are about 30 miles east.  We booked two nights here because it is so nice, but, could get a bit of rain tomorrow.  That will not stop us from exploring the town which was named by the French fur trappers in 1878.  Alos, lots of gold and silver mining here.

I understand several of you are not getting our location on the Google Map…I don’t know why!  I haven’t even done my posting yet and it shows just exactly where we are. Will try to get that figures out???  Anyone got any idea suggestions?

Anyway, that’s the news of the day.

Hugs

R&B

Sept. 14, Tuesday

Sept. 13, Tuesday

Sunny and warm leisure day; laundry is done; got our walk in before the rain started.  They are calling for thunder storms this evening.   So thought I would share a couple more pictures of The Glacier National Park. Hope you enjoy.

Can you believe the colour of this water?

Once the motor home is done we will start our trek towards Spokane..and Wenatchee to me our dear friends Carol and Larry.

Night All,

R & B

Monday, September 13

Today we completed a one day tour of The Glacier National Park/Going-to-the-Sun Roadway. We travelled 373 miles/600 kms, 11 hours in total, from Missoula direct to the West Gate, across to St. Mary at the East Gate and back again, all in sunshine. Lots of road construction in the Park, (Keep America Working) but it will be wonderful when all 50 miles are done. Overall, B was disappointed with his second visit! However, R, for her first visit is glad to say that “I’ve been there, done that”.


We broke it up by driving up on the east side of Flathead Lake and returning on the west side, so we really got a feel for the countryside.

Called Ottawa tonight, but, hay Ottawa! you’re having a big big storm! Cell service was not so good. You need some Missoula, Montana weather, 72 and sunshine at 6:30pm.

Tuesday is going to be an overdue laundry day and Wednesday morning we have an appointment for the rear shocks, which leaves us uncertain, were we will spend Wednesday night!

But, all is coming together!

Hugs,
R & B

Sunday Sept. 12 - plans changed

We changed our plans for today and had a rest day. It seemed like we were both coming down with a cold, so we took lots of Vit C and other sinus meds and are now feeling much better.


We did a sight seeing tour of Missoula, but, not really too much new to see. Then stopped at Wal-mart and came back to enjoy the warm temperature as we sat outside and relaxed the afternoon away and enjoyed talking with our neighbour.

We plan to get up early and go to the Glacier Nat'l Park. It's about a 300 mile round trip so an early start is in order. Also we booked two extra nights here, so that we can attend to the bus shock replacement.

Anyway, just came back from a long walk around the park and a near by subdivision, so feel like we have had some exercise for the day.

Cheers and Hugs

R&B

Sept 11, Saturday

We left Gardiner at 9 am and drove 290 miles to Missoula, Montana, arrival temperature 72 breezy sunny degrees. It was a great driving day; lots of sun and big sky with only the odd spots coming down off the mountains, when we were hit with head on high winds. Montana is full of beautiful rolling hills and valleys with lots of cattle and horse farms. It’s all very rural with old fashioned looking farms and antique/obsolete farm equipment abandoned in farm fields.


Since it is Saturday/Sunday we were not able to get the shock fixed, but, are hoping Monday will see us repaired and on the road again.

We are staying in the Jim & Mary's RV Park, they are Good Sams so the price is right plus the place is very nice!

Sunday we are doing a round trip to Glacier National Park and the weather forecast looks great.

Arch in downtown Jackson, Wyoming made of Elk Antlers

Thanks for your e-mails,  we're always interested in what’s happening with you!

Night Night

Hugs

R & B

Sept. 10, Day 10

Today we completed the Grand Loop Highway in Yellowstone Natl Park. At one point, we were up 7,800’ in snow, 38 degrees, but the road stayed clear and we were glad to be driving the car.


We left Jackson and drove to Jackson Hole Ski Resort in Teton Village, had breakfast at the Mangy Moose and got $20 gas at $3.39 a gallon. (most expensive so far) Generally the Grand Tetons where a bit disappointing. Mostly because of the poor weather, rain and low lying clouds made it impossible to see the mountains.

However, Yellowstone was a 10! We made chilly but sunny stops at the West Thumb Geyser Basin, Bridge Bay, Fishing Bridge, Lehardy Rapids, Sulphur Caldron, Mud Volcano, Upper & Lower Falls, Inspiration Point, Tower Fall, Specimen Ridge was very impressive and back into Gardiner by 5:00 and a little road weary.

Back at the Rocky Mountain RV Park an incredible site! … visit http://www.rotel.de/ …. a 40’ motor coach that can sleep 30 passengers is our neighbour. It’s a German Tour company, this time they have 24 German passengers on their travelling hotel. Every passenger works to set up the fold out sleeping compartment, outdoor kitchen and dining tables. Amazing!



This evening we discovered what appeared to be oil on the ground behind the back tire. Turned out to be a blown rear shock. We had a mechanic come this evening to the park, he confirm what we already knew and he gave us the names of people on our route tomorrow that will help us out, but most importantly he confirmed the bus is OK to drive.

Well, that’s our excitement for today. (Internet stopped working last night)

Hugs

R&B
Picture of Yellowstone River

Sept. 9th Thursday Day 9

Today’s drive was great, Old Faithful blow just for us. We walked up and she just let it go…boiling water/steam sprayed at least 30’ straight up!! What a sight. We were so lucky to be there just on time.

We are in Jackson Wyoming tonight. It’s raining! We had an awful supper at Bubba’s and are back in our room. Wonderful room, Jacuzzi with gas fire place, shower with heat lamp…… Good night everyone!

Sept 8 picture of Mammoth Hot Springs

Sept 8 Wednesday

Last night was spectacular, mild and warm, just like home before we left. We went for a long walk then settled in for some TV, e-mails and blog update....


Wednesday we woke to sun and a pleasant temperature. Got organized and departed Billings for Gardiner, Montana which is located near the boarder of Wyoming at Yellowstone Parks North Entrance. We spotted a Wal-Mart on route and took ½ hour to stock up on food, new coffee maker, wine and oil! All day we were climbing in elevation; Livingston was 4500’ and Gardiner is 5400’.

We travelled 393 miles and arrived in light rain at 2:00. The rain quickly stopped, sun came out and we headed to the Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. What an incredible sight, all that steam and dried sulphur! We spent a couple of hours walking the boardwalks holding our noses, then went to Gardiner and checked out the stores. (Did not buy a thing)

We are staying at The Rocky Mountain RV Park, we’re on a cliff (the front of the motorhome is about 5 feet from a 30’ drop) overlooking the town, mountains and rolling fields. It is quite beautiful as we are facing the setting sun. We have booked three nights here which will give us time to tour Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. We will probably spend Thursday night in a hotel as the Grand Tetons are 150 miles away.
Let us know how you are doing!!
Hugs
R&B

Day 7 or September 7th

We were up and on the road this sunny morning at 8:15 Mountain time arriving safe and sound in Billings, Montana at 4:30pm. We are staying at the Billings KOA which is the very first KOA ever!! Billings is 418 miles from Bismarck (a little farther along than we had planned) and Billings is 1780 miles from Ottawa. It was a good driving day, with the sun out and very little wind, however, eastern Montana is a bit boring to drive through. Just one cattle grazing field after another.


We’ll stay 1 night stay here then travel to Gardiner, Montana for a few days. From Gardiner we will be able to us the car to enter the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. We will be in elevations of 10,000+ feet, so are expecting colder temperatures. But, one must see Old Faithful and the many geyser basins along the way. Plus we have do decide about the Grand Teton National Park, but, that’s another day.


Hugs
R&B

Day 6

We are on the road 6 days already. We left Ottawa Sept. 1 and drove to Sault St. Marie US (12 hrs), then to Duluth, next Fargo then Bismarck. We've been in Bismarck North Dakota for three days visiting my cousin Lyall.  We had quite the day on Sunday, Lyall/Karen insisted on taking us to Medora (2 hrs away) to the final night of their outdoor dinner theatre. We departed Bismarck at 12 noon, stopping along the way to see the Painted Canyon, then into Medora and the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Chateau de Mores State Historic site, the De Mores summer home and the town. We had been having rain on and off the best part of the day, but by the time we sat down for our steak fondue supper at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre restaurant, the sun was out and it looked like it would be a perfect evening for outdoor theatre. NOT SO. At about 8:15, 15 minutes before show time the sky opened up and I truly have never seen rain drops the size of tunies before! And it just didn't quit, so 1/2 hr later we packed it in, no show, no refunds, cold and damp and sadly started our 2 hours drive back to Bismarck. Since Lyall and Karen insisted on paying for the supper and show we felt that much worse!


Today, holiday Monday, we met them at 11:15 and joined them and two other couples for brunch. One couple from Shrelanka (?) 10 years ago and the other from Bismarck about to sell out and moving to the Villages in Florida. Great time, nice people.

Tomorrow we are hoping to make Custer, Montana, then Yellowstone. The plan is to slowly work our way to Seattle, stay a couple of weeks, then Oregon for another few weeks, LA and San Fran for another few weeks, and maybe Borrego Springs for late November, but for sure El Centro by Dec. 15ish! 

It's been raining here all night and all day, so we have said our goodbyes to cousin Lyall and are having a relaxing afternoon and evening inside where it is dry!

Hugs
R and B

Day 5

We still can't get the Virgin Mobile Internet stick to work in Bismark ND (has no service) but the campground has internet. Saw R's cousin yesterday and will again today.

Day 4

From Duluth we made it to Fargo, ND. Tried for an RV Park, but all were booked up for the long weekend. We tried in Detroit Lakes, Moorehead City and Fargo but nothing. So it was a Walmart parking lot again. We bought an Internet go stick.

We have listened to two books and are into our third (free) book. This is just a wonderful system and I just can't see us ever buying another audio book. Plus, they don't take up valuable space on the bus.

Today, day 4 we drove 200 miles to Bismarck. We will do some sight seeing around Bismarck and use the extra day to rest up.

Next we want to stop of Medora ND then on to Yellowstone ....

Anyway, it is just lovely here and we are relaxing for the balance of the day...

Hope you are finally getting cooler temperatures at home.

Adventure 2010/2011

R&B's 2010/2011 adventure began on Wednesday, September 1, 2010