The Mountains of Glacier National Park
Taken from Mt. 49 8/5/11
No drive just
getting August started. July turned into August and we're still in
Kalispell, Mt. though we'll be leaving the 7th. It's been a great place
to
stay, got a lot of work done, got a chance to wheel and putt, all in
all a good month. The picture is our 'Hummer Commercial' - a term we've coined for those pictures I get where MLOYL looks like something you'd see in a commercial - he has gotten us to a lot of very scenic and interesting places :)) August we're starting to head east, albeit slowly, but eastward none the less. So this month will have a little more travel and some new places along the US 2. A new route for us, but we have a possible stop in upper Michigan so we're staying the in far north this year (also will help us avoid the hear we hope). |
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08/07/11-US2 on the East side of
the Rockies![]() |
US2>Havre, Mt. Dry camped in
a Walmart parking lot - ![]() We've had a lot of pictures of the mountains and scenics of Glacier Nat'l. Park, here's the other side of the mountain and the rest of Montana. Once you leave the mountains behind Montana turns into a plains state and it's easy to imaging the vast herds of buffalo that once wandered here. One has to wonder considering how the Indians lived in harmony with their environment and the way the hunters and profiteers pillaged and destroyed the wildlife and resources of the continent who were the 'savages' and who the 'civilized' inhabitants. The victor writes the history, but what will the view of it be in 1000 years?? |
08/08-09/11 - Prairie Acres RV
Park, Williston, ND![]() |
US2>Williston, ND - The road
varied from rutted dirt (they had a construction zone where the
pavement had all been taken up) to really nice road, so overall I'd
give it a 5 for the day. The park in Williston is a no frills park, as
in 'self contained only', no showers, no rest rooms, etc. But the price
is right and the spaces are big. There's a nice paved driveway running
around the park, 1/2 mile each round, so it gave me a good place to
walk. Sheila is a little under the weather, symptoms seem like the same thing we had when we were in Fl last winter, so don't know if it was just a recurrence or if we picked something up. But she's not walking right now, concentrating on getting well. Fortunately our Dr believes in keeping us supplied with meds, so we have antibiotics and she's started on those. Didn't do anything here, didn't even drop the car. We just kicked back for a couple days, I worked as usual, and rested. This new drive 2 days - stop for 2 nights schedule is working pretty good. It's nice to be able to stop and spend a day sitting still before we go back to bouncing :)) |
08/10/11 - Devils Lake, ND![]() |
US2>Devils Lake, ND. The road
was again great to ka-lump, kalump :( - but mostly not too bad. There
were a few bad spots ![]() The picture choice was either a parking lot or a sunrise and since a parking lot leaves a little to be desired I figure the sunrise was more appropriate (you still get the parking lot you just can't see much of it) lol The second picture is just a view of Montana taken from the US2 - somewhere along the way. Montana varies from flat plains to rolling hills. This is one of the hilly sections. |
08/11-12/11 - Royal Oaks Rv
Park, Bemedji, Mn![]() |
US2>Bemedji, Mn - Road is
holding about the same though I think it's been a little better in Mn.
Still some bad spots but overall ![]() The Royal Oaks is a nice park. Took me two tries and adding boards under the front jacks to get leveled, it sloped down just a little, but other than that it was a good space. We again didn't get out, just hung out and rested mostly. The 12th was my birthday so Sheila put together one of her famous concoctions (some great noodles, chicken, onions, kitchen sink - ok maybe not the kitchen sink, but you get the idea) it was really good and have enough for another night or two. The picture is another Montana from the US2. |
08/13/11 - Bad River Casino,
Odanah, Wi![]() |
US2>Odanah, Wi - Today the
road was either very good or very bad - mostly good, but the bad spots
were real kalumps :( ![]() The picture to the far left is the spot we stopped at for the night. We originally stopped in Ashland, Wi. at the Walmart but they have a city ordinance prohibiting dry camping there. The lady at the Walmart was nice enough to tell me about the Bad River Casino (on the Chippewa indian reservation) so we went there instead. The picture to the left is Duluth taken from the freeway approaching the city. |
8/14-28/11 Indian Lake State
Park, Manistique, Mi![]() |
US2>Manistique, Mi - Road was
fair and the weather was good. Sheila has been trying to fight
off some bug, seems like a ![]() Our Adventures in Manistique, Mi |
8/28-9/3/11 Lake Shore Rv Park,
St Ignace, Mi![]() ![]() ![]() |
US2>St Ignace, Mi. - it was a
good road and a short drive (just 95 miles today). The weather here has
been perfect and today ![]() The picture to the left was a RV we followed for a little ways and I saw this neat coach in his picture window, so I couldn't resist. It's clearer if you blow it up a little :)) We stopped for lunch at a roadside rest area on the lake (the road mostly followed the top of the lake) and since it was such a short drive, just sat enjoying the view and had our lunch. We'll have to see how the walking is here. There's a road out front with a narrow shoulder and it probably won't be bad if it's not busy. It isn't today, but we'll see how it is early on a work day. There was supposed to be a 'beach', but it turned out to be very small and very rocky. But on the plus side, we have a sorta view of the lake between the RV's (we're in the second row) and there's a nice breeze off the lake. :)) ![]() ![]() |