As we left Fairmont Hot Springs, we had a few long days ahead of us. Our next stop was Prince Rupert, BC. Our first stop was Kelowna, followed by McBride, and finally Smithers before reaching Prince Rupert. On our second day of that journey, between Kelowna and McBride, I had a camera problem. By the time […]
We headed to the Canadian border but were unsure as to what changes we might encounter there. We were either lucky or there were not many changes, and we sailed right through with only basic questions and some inquiries about where we were going fishing. The fishing questions seemed to be more on a personal
We were in Butte, Montana overnight and then headed to Great Falls before crossing into eastern British Columbia. Cheryl had a western art museum on her agenda for the day. I was skeptical of my interest in that, but knew I was along for the ride. Cheryl and I tend to enjoy the same things,
We were headed to Butte, Montana, which would be our last stop in the U.S. for a while. The next day, we would cross the border into Canada. But before that, Cheryl had identified several state parks for us to visit. The first stop was the Prairie Dog Town State Park. While we had seen
Our trip to Roberts, Montana was supposed to take about four hours with a stop for lunch in Cody, Wyoming. About 80 miles out of Thermopolis, the hotel we had stayed in called Cheryl to tell her she had left her laptop behind. We flipped around and headed back to Thermopolis to pick it up.
We took care of business in Casper, and the next morning, we headed off for Lander, Wyoming. This is the high plains. At an altitude of over 4,500 feet, there are few trees and mostly ranch grasslands. Wyoming is a “fence out state.” Most of the U. S. consists of “fence in states.” In other
Another sleep and we were on our way to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Black Hills had a gold rush starting in 1874. There are unique colors of gold that is called known as Black Hills Gold; pink gold is common, but I have been told green is also part of the Black Hills
During my journey so far, I have planned, organized, and made decisions about everywhere I was going to stop, where I was going to stay, and where I was going to eat. However, this adventure is different. I am traveling with my great friends, Cheryl and Doug Roberts (from Thanksgiving in Hilton Head back in
My original spring plan was simple: Be at my daughter’s house for her birthday on April 7th, be there for my own birthday on April 12th, and then take off for a couple of quiet weeks before returning to leave my trailer and truck with her while I headed north for my summer trip. But
Divides are one of those quiet geographical facts that most people never think about, but I’ve always found them fascinating. A divide is simply the place where water decides which way it’s going to go — toward one ocean or another, toward one watershed or another. The United States has four major ones. The most
