OK - it's been more than a week since we have been home so I apologize. The minute we arrived we started prepping the motorhome to go back to the RV dealer in Pontiac, IL for all the bodywork. We moved straight from that to working on the property here at Lake of the Ozarks because of 3 months of neglect. Good thing we had lots of rain, because none of my new plants died; the problem was more of overgrown weeds.
HOME. A little word for such a safe, comforting haven. Even Molly, who really loves the motorhome, immediately adjusted to what was most comfortable. We seem to have left all of our bad weather on the road. Since we have been here, it has been high 70's - low 80's and no rain so we can catch up. We will be here until the last week in October when we go to Chicago. We'll head back to Texas for the winter - probably a week before Thanksgiving. As a result, we will conclude these weekly updates (life here at the lake isn't very exciting) and resume once our winter travels are underway. Thanks for following along!!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Still in Colorado
Well, we have a great wifi connection here in Loveland, and we have had a wonderful weekend up in the mountains, so we have to provide an update. On Thursday, we drove up to Estes Park and up into Rocky Mountain National Park, trying to beat a snow storm that threatened to close the pass. The trip on Hwy 34 is absolutely breathtaking so we'll show you a picture or two. It took us almost 3 hours, but that was because with every turn, we saw a new view that we just had to capture!
Once we got through the park and arrived at our friends' home at Lake Granby, it was cloudy and rainy, but there was promise of a better weekend. After Deb and Kent arrived, we drove back to Rocky Mtn National Park to watch for wildlife then later enjoyed a great halibut dinner (complements of Dean's fishing trip in Homer). On Saturday, the sun came out and we went for an early morning wildlife hunt and a late breakfast. After lunch, Deb and I hiked a four-mile trail around Monarch Lake in the Arapahoe National Forest. The weather was just gorgeous and views were undescribable. I'll attach a couple of pictures, although they hardly do the area justice. Saturday evening, we took one last trip to the park and finally captured a herd of moose crossing the road. We always see elk there, but moose are a bit more elusive, so it was better than winning the lottery.
As we prepared to leave this morning, we learned that the pass back through the park was closed due to 7-ft drifts of snow and a rock slide so we took the long way back home. We travelled south through Winter Park, then north on Hwy 6 (which was beautiful), through Boulder (where I lived in kindergarten) and then back to Loveland. Tomorrow, we are headed to Colorado Springs with one more stop to see friends in Monument tomorrow night before heading home. There is supposed to be sunshine, so we will bank on that! We plan to be home on Wednesday -
Once we got through the park and arrived at our friends' home at Lake Granby, it was cloudy and rainy, but there was promise of a better weekend. After Deb and Kent arrived, we drove back to Rocky Mtn National Park to watch for wildlife then later enjoyed a great halibut dinner (complements of Dean's fishing trip in Homer). On Saturday, the sun came out and we went for an early morning wildlife hunt and a late breakfast. After lunch, Deb and I hiked a four-mile trail around Monarch Lake in the Arapahoe National Forest. The weather was just gorgeous and views were undescribable. I'll attach a couple of pictures, although they hardly do the area justice. Saturday evening, we took one last trip to the park and finally captured a herd of moose crossing the road. We always see elk there, but moose are a bit more elusive, so it was better than winning the lottery.
As we prepared to leave this morning, we learned that the pass back through the park was closed due to 7-ft drifts of snow and a rock slide so we took the long way back home. We travelled south through Winter Park, then north on Hwy 6 (which was beautiful), through Boulder (where I lived in kindergarten) and then back to Loveland. Tomorrow, we are headed to Colorado Springs with one more stop to see friends in Monument tomorrow night before heading home. There is supposed to be sunshine, so we will bank on that! We plan to be home on Wednesday -
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
We are ALMOST home!
Wow - less than a week ago we were in northern Wyoming. After we left you in Yellowstone, we drove to Buffalo, WY via Cody and Sheridan, travelling on Hwy 14. Between Shell and Burgess Junction - it SNOWED! We knew our travel time was getting short as a couple of mornings waking up to 24 degrees was not our kind of summer! That evening we stayed at the Indian Campground which will get 5 stars from us and we ate at the Bozeman Trail House. Dinner was good, but the company was real cowboys - mud and boots and all.
From Buffalo, we drove to Hill City, South Dakota in the Black Hills. Oh my, this place is gorgeous! I don't care how old you are, put this on your bucket list. We stayed there for four days and could have spent double that time to see everything we wanted to see. From our pictures, you will see that we thoroughly enjoyed every minute, even when is was raining and cold (in the Badlands, which is desert)! Yesterday, we washed the motorhome (understand that this is at least a $30 investment) and the the tow car to only drive through driving rain storms in southern Wyoming today on our way to Loveland, CO. Oh well, that's what makes this a blog. If everything went as planned, it would be boring!
This weekend, we will leave the RV parked in Loveland and drive through Estes Park and Rocky Mountain Natl Park to stay with our friends, Deb and Kent, for the weekend. After that, we will stay in Colorado Springs (where Anna spent 9 years of her formative years) and visit friends, Pat and Delaina in Monument. We plan to leave Colorado Springs on Tuesday morning and drive 750 miles straight east toward home. We think that is two days, so this may be our last post until we reach home. Thanks so much for following us!
From Buffalo, we drove to Hill City, South Dakota in the Black Hills. Oh my, this place is gorgeous! I don't care how old you are, put this on your bucket list. We stayed there for four days and could have spent double that time to see everything we wanted to see. From our pictures, you will see that we thoroughly enjoyed every minute, even when is was raining and cold (in the Badlands, which is desert)! Yesterday, we washed the motorhome (understand that this is at least a $30 investment) and the the tow car to only drive through driving rain storms in southern Wyoming today on our way to Loveland, CO. Oh well, that's what makes this a blog. If everything went as planned, it would be boring!
This weekend, we will leave the RV parked in Loveland and drive through Estes Park and Rocky Mountain Natl Park to stay with our friends, Deb and Kent, for the weekend. After that, we will stay in Colorado Springs (where Anna spent 9 years of her formative years) and visit friends, Pat and Delaina in Monument. We plan to leave Colorado Springs on Tuesday morning and drive 750 miles straight east toward home. We think that is two days, so this may be our last post until we reach home. Thanks so much for following us!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Now we are in Buffalo, Wyoming!
It's been a little more than a week since our last post, thanks to US National Parks with no WIFI or cheap RV resorts that boast of WIFI, but don't really deliver. Oh well, we won't dwell on that.
Since we last left you in Banff and Lake Louise, we travelled south to our last Canadian stop - Waterton Lakes, which is the northern part of Glacier National Park in Montana. This is a small park, but with great "punch" and views which we only began to capture on this trip. We were only able to stay there one night but stayed close by at a place called the Great Canadian Barn Dance in Hill Spring. This was a wonderful place where they served us Alberta Beef (& Chicken) and we danced to an old-time country band as late as we could stand it. We also saw the Northern Lights that night, and more stars than we have seen since we were in West Texas last winter.
After entering the US in Glacier National Park we stopped at West Glacier then travelled south to Kalispell and stopped in Butte for the evening. We went to the World Musuem of Mining there, then took the underground mine tour. I thought I would never thaw out from that 2 hour adventure. I can't imagine working in a mine for a living!! Well, that night we got SNOW in the mountains! We woke up to 28 degree weather and thank goodness, no frozen pipes. The next day we were on to Virginia City MT on the way to Yellowstone National Park. We stayed there for 2 days, even though we have been there before (20 years ago), then today we travelled east to Cody and on to Buffalo, WY. Tommorrow we will get to the Badlands. Who knows when we will be able to post again, so Happy Trails (as the say in Cowboy Country!)!
Since we last left you in Banff and Lake Louise, we travelled south to our last Canadian stop - Waterton Lakes, which is the northern part of Glacier National Park in Montana. This is a small park, but with great "punch" and views which we only began to capture on this trip. We were only able to stay there one night but stayed close by at a place called the Great Canadian Barn Dance in Hill Spring. This was a wonderful place where they served us Alberta Beef (& Chicken) and we danced to an old-time country band as late as we could stand it. We also saw the Northern Lights that night, and more stars than we have seen since we were in West Texas last winter.
After entering the US in Glacier National Park we stopped at West Glacier then travelled south to Kalispell and stopped in Butte for the evening. We went to the World Musuem of Mining there, then took the underground mine tour. I thought I would never thaw out from that 2 hour adventure. I can't imagine working in a mine for a living!! Well, that night we got SNOW in the mountains! We woke up to 28 degree weather and thank goodness, no frozen pipes. The next day we were on to Virginia City MT on the way to Yellowstone National Park. We stayed there for 2 days, even though we have been there before (20 years ago), then today we travelled east to Cody and on to Buffalo, WY. Tommorrow we will get to the Badlands. Who knows when we will be able to post again, so Happy Trails (as the say in Cowboy Country!)!
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