What a great day, and night last night. Jen’s 70th birthday celebration meal with Logan & Jamie and news during it, of a successful bid for their first house. It was a warm, pleasant evening. I should mention that flowers for Jen I ordered online yesterday, never arrived and still…
This morning was a bit different. It was overcast when we surfaced. I also woke up as a septuagenarian. That took a bit of getting used to! A lovely surprise present was to see fellow camper, Mindy, walking across the campsite with a steaming latte, from her Nespresso machine. A…
What a glorious camp site we have tonight. No other campers except the Camp Host and his wife who are in their large RV (Recreational Vehicle). They have been living in it for the past 14years. It has an 8L V8 Chev petrol engine that does 7mpg!!!! Leaving the camp…
Leaving Kamiah this morning around 10am, we aimed for Lewiston. The journey was similar to yesterday, in that the road tracked the river. Today, though it was the Clearwater river and the valley was much more open. Instead of thick pine forests, the hills were lightly scattered with trees and…
Trying to get away from the camp site this morning was a challenge. So many people to chat to, about all sorts of things. Our last discussion could have gone on all day. It was with a Rail Engineer or Train Driver, in NZ. He was a real nice guy.…
Another lovely blue sky day. We have been really fortunate with the weather. On the road from our wild camp by about 1030. After a short ride we turned left on Hwy 200, heading for Missoula. Stopping at a historical marker, we learn about Bob Marshall’s Wilderness Country. Marshall was…
The best nights sleep for weeks. For me. Jen, not so. Again the morning has dawned beautiful. The sun is warm but overall temperature is slightly cool. On emerging from the Landy we find the camp site has filled considerably. There is a Rodeo on in town on Sunday and…
Something different this morning, A cloudy day. We had thought it might rain overnight, but it didn’t. Leaving the motel at just after 10 am we drove out of Billings heading for Helena. I have to admit I had never heard of Helena. It is the capital of Montana, though,…
As Jen mentioned in her blog yesterday, we got a bit of a grilling from the Camp Host about attracting bears to the camp site with all manner of stimulants. However, after being a little apprehensive, we survived the night intact. Re-joining Hwy 212, the Beartooth Highway, it wasn’t long…
Before we left our camp just outside the park entrance, we watched tiny marmots scuttling around everywhere. On the way out of the park, in the early evening, the wildlife was at the other end of the scale. Herds of buffalo. Some enormous solitary bulls, but dozens of grazing beasts…