Yellowstone National Park click here

Well i think the pictures says it all.
We stayed at the Madison campground and man was it cold
we only stayed 2 nights.







































here is me, What a couch hah? We didn't like it much there as we don't like to see animals behind cages.
Grizzley Discovery Center

Butte Montana click here

Galena Gulch
We are makeing our way to Butte Montana, and we stopped at this neat place Free parking nice, quiet.
Here is our motor home and Richard and Sharons.




The water was a bit low here, would of been nice to spend a few days there. Sorry no hookups tho.

After a nights stay there we headed off to Butte Mt. click on the title to see whats to see & do.


Unfortunaelty we didn't get to spend the time there that we had planned too. We had paid for at least two nights as we planned on seeing the Indian PowWow friday night and thruout the weekend. but the weather turned bad and they were predicting 6 to 8 inches of snow for friday night. We decided that we didn't want to stick around for the snow, as we were wanting to get to Yellowstone. So we only stayed the one night took in a few of the sites on the trolly but that was about it.
Here is a view from the top of a hill which Butte seems to be sitting on a hill, this is a very old town and not very prosperous, at least that is what we saw.But what history it stores.







Another shot of what the roads are like, the fellow was saying that in the winter time there used to be a stop sign at the bottom but with the icy roads the sign no longer

is in place.



We did stop and see the Copper mansion Bed & Breakfast great place, wish we would of had more time to be able to see the other places, that is mentioned on the website. If you ever get to Butte
or close bye stop and spend some time there.




Be sure and click on this link and you can see some of the rooms in the house.

Copper King Mansion

Glacier National Park click on here

We stayed at Apgar Campground nice campground other than the hours of operating your generator. Weird hours. 7am to 9 am 12 pm to 2 pm and then 5 pm to 7 pm. we learned that our battery that runs the heater does not do well to run all night, as we only have the one battery. So the nights were cold enough that you had to run the heater. The first night there the battery was dead the next morning. The fridge don't work either if you don't have the battery either. anyway i waited till about 7:45 am to start the Generator as i didn't want to bother anyone but new i only had another hour to charge up the battery, so i really couldn't wait any longer. So i started the generator and the next thing we heard was someone banging on the door, I went to see who it was and this lady started yelling at me to shut the gen off, I told her that our battery was dead and i had to charge it. She just ranted on about the fact that i didn't need it. Then her husband started in as well. Well then that got me ticked off and i said read the park rules and take it up with the park ranger. They packed up and left. Well a few days later i was talking to the ranger and told him about those folks and he said yeh he knows as they did come and complain, he told them we had the right as those were the park rules. He did say that they were looking at changeing the rules to have them longer in the evenings. Which would be a lot better cause then you can at least go to bed with a full charge of battery. This is our visitors at the campground it was a momma and her two babies.
On to the Sun Road: No motor homes allowed on this tour so we rented a car for two days.


This is one of the many waterfalls that you can see on the sunroad






Here is a momma deer and her babies takeing a drink in that clear clean water my other photos of a closer shot all turned out blurry, sure helps if one has a better camera at times like this. UGH!!!!







As we climb higher and higher. yep that is the road we came from.











The scenery is so beautiful.























We took this trail to the water fall did not think to really look to see how far it was to get there,









well this body got a work out it was well over a mile and then back. had i known it was that far i wouldn't of got this shot, can't remember what the name of the fall is tho.





Well if you get a chance come see the Glaciers

National Bison Range click on here

This was a great place but didn't get to see much wildlife, other than the antelope and the buffalo, we did get to see them do a round up of the buffalo which was neat to watch the cowboys moving them from one place to another.Can't remember how many acres they have there but its a lot read there webpage by clicking on the title .

Haugan Montana Silver $ Casino click on here

Again i don't know what happend to my photos but click on the name and it will bring up the casino with photos & directions.
If you get there early enough in the day they have free rv parking with elec hookup, no water or dumping but elec is free. They also have a corrals for you to stable your horses if you travel with them. All for free. We stayed there for 2 days while waiting for Sharon and Richard.
While we were waiting for them we went to the gas station and store, there was this lady there dressed very squimpy shaking. She went into the store and the guy behind the counter told her that she couldn't stay in there, she started crying and went outside, he informed us that she was dropped off by a trucker with no money or clothes. Well we left and thought about her plight and thought wow how awful to be dumped in the middle of nowhere, so we thought we would go looking for her and at least offer her some clothes and a few dollars.
We finally found her at the casino gift shop, about the time i spotted her i noticed that she had a bottle and was putting it in her purse. I walked up to her and i said i think you need to put that back before you get caught by an employee, she turned around and looked at me and started crying and saying i really really need a drink i didn't mean to take it but i really need a drink. It didn't take long to figure out that this lady had a serious problem other than being dumped off. I she put the bottle on the shelf and i walked her over to were Nevada was and he took her outside while i talked to the clerk behind the counter and told her what happend. She had informed me that they had already called the police and they were on there way. I said she really has a mental problem as well and they said yes we know. I went back outside were Nevada and she was. She looked at me and said please don't tell anyone, she really showed how off she was with her talk about god and the devil. Well to make a long story short we ended up giving her some money and then the police came, I still wonder what happend to her. SAd that someone like that trucker took her and just dumped her, but i guess at least he did it were people were at.

Just thought i would add some photos of Flathead Lake very beautiful scenery

On to Kahnderosa Campground in Cataldo Id click here

This was a very nice Rv Park, for some reason i have lost the photos, if i ever find them i will post them but click on the the name and there website will open. Nice man. The have one huge firepit, which you will see in there photo section. It is located 25 miles east of Coeur D'Alene Id. On I-90 take the Caldaldo exit #40 Price we paid was $20 for elec and water, dump site on site. Right next to the river. Also quiet.
We left there and stopped at the Old Mission State park.
Great little place, the church is interesting.


























This is the Parrish house



































Well if your in the area stop in and take this in as it is a nice historical place to check out.
Now heading on to Haugan.

Sprague Washington

9-3-06 Sprague Lake Resort.
After leaving Preston Winery we headed for a place to camp for the night, we ended up in Sprague Wash. looked like a cute old town. The sign pointed to Sprague Lake Resort so thought we would check it out.



Took some photos of the town as we drove thru to see what was there, we like the back roads as we discover some really neat old towns.







Be sure to click on the name of the town it will give you direstions and some history of the town as well.






This is Sprague Lake resort. took us on a two lane rd out in the country, you end up wondering were it is takeing you but eventually you get to the entrance of the resort. The price was $26.95 for full hookups. Wasn't too bad, Specially since we had boondocked the night before. It was owned by a elderly lady. She told us that yrs ago there used to be a dance hall and the house she lived in was a restaurant but over the yrs it has all changed



Here is were we parked, across from us she had pull thrus but it looked like they had not been used for a long time. If i remeber right i think she said that with the hwy coming this hurt there business a lot.





We sort of hate hearing that because we know how it hurt our business when they put the parkway in.
This was a nice lake, guess there is lots of fishing there







Here is the sun setting to a gorgous day.
Now my thought about the rv park. The park in itself was very nice. The setting nice, everything about it was good, BUT only one other time had we stayed in a park that the trains ran about every 15 to 30 minutes and i am not sure it wasn't more than that. Did we get any sleep that night? NO! Would i stay there again? NO! But if trains don't bother you,its a great place.
She also rents boats.

Preston Winery

On 395, 5 miles from Pasco Wa.
On the way we stopped at Preston Winery, we saw signs to fresh fruit & candy, we thought that is were it said to go LOL, well it was the winery instead, so we thought what the heck,get a bottle for a special night. Click on the winery for directions to get there.




The stairs to get to there show room is steep and many, I think they have a ramp if you have a wheele chair. This is what it looks like looking down from the top. Not many people there guess its not the season.





Nice deck.









We headed on down to the fruitstand were we ended up buying some really good sweet corn, blueberries, tomatoes. Nope we did good and didn't buy any candy.I lied we did. SHHHH!!!1

Rufus Or, 9-2-06 Free parking

Our first night at Rufus Oregon Sept 2,2006
We left Bend at 12:15 it was a last minute thing to take off early as our plan was not to leave till the 4th, but I end up getting itchy feet once the time gets close....
We get down the road a ways when we noticed that the tv is flopping back and forth, We put a new flat screen in and moved it close to the upper cabinet were the over the cab bed is, but didn't think about it swinging back and forth. So we had to stop and find something to tie it down with.
We drove to Biggs Junction and then took the back rd to Rufus, our first day we drove139 miles. Yeh that is the way to go nice and slow and low miles. This is our first time of taking a whole month off so it was a bit exciting and well sort of lost as we are used to driving many hours and miles. This free parking place was nice, altho i have to say it turned out to be quiet noisy.
I think if we had parked away from the road overlooking the Gorge it might of been less noisy
But it was a nice view. To get to that area go thru the town of Rufus, stay on 1st street till you get to the Shell gas Station, across the street is an open area were the truckers park, you can park there as well, but we thought it be best to go up the street, there is a sign that says dead end, just follow that to the end. There is a turn around and I think we would of been better if we had parked there.

This is the turn around, In the morning we woke to a guy walking his dog. And before long there were about 5 other people with there dogs. They sure were having a good time running around and chasing each other.





Here is Nevada relaxing with a beer and a big Yawn, He has had a rough day.








Great evening shot over the Gorge







And the perfect sunset before calling it a day