Trip East from Kamloops - Left Sept.4th

It has been a long time since I last posted. We left Kamloops on Sept 4th and headed for the US border. We traveled on the Coquihala hwy from Kamloops to Merritt, meeting friends Brian & Bev there for coffee at the local White Spot. Then continued across Hwy 97C to Summerland and down Hwy 97 to Oliver, BC where we spent the night in the local Super Valu lot along with another RV. We left early the next morning and after crossing the border at Osoyoos, BC we travelled until arriving at Helena, MT. we arrived fairly late about 9PM, MT. Along the way we had an incident with the motorhome windshield acquiring a large rock? hitting the windshield about 20 miles west of Missoula, MT. The mark is about 9 inches in diameter and the outside layer has pieces missing. That was a shock! We spent the two nights at friends home, Vern & Donna, parking in the yard complete with electricity & water(not required). We had a wonderful time with them as they were looking to buy some property, so looked at the property and discussed its value and where we would be parked when we next returned...... From there we proceeded on to Livingston, MT. We spent the night at Osen's RV Park there. We visited with friends Lynn & Joan there. We had seen Joan several times as she had come to Kamloops to visit, but Lynn was never able to come because of work commitments. They were neighbours of ours 27 years ago, so it was really nice to be able to see & visit with them. The next morning (Sep. 8th) we left & drove to Yellowstone National Park. We had reservations there at Fishing Bridge RV campground. Full hookups. The camphost I had corresponded with thru a newsgroup that I read on a steady basis. I was only able to secure one night thru reservations, but Bob the camphost was able to secure us an additional 2 days. Wonderful. He & his wife Mary are great people. At Yellowstone (YNP) we spent the next two days touring around the park. What sights to see. We saw elk at Mammoth Lodge -- several eating the grass & big daddy watching his harem. A young buck was trying to enter but bid daddy made sure he was never able to succeed. We saw thousands ( & I mean thousands) of Buffalo throughout our park travels. They are one large animal! We went to "Old Faithful" and watched her perform. Super!!! After there we continued on and on the last night there we went to Lake Butte Lookout and saw a good sunset. We toured several of the park stores & gift centers. I must say that we were presently surprised at how reasonable the prices were. No expensive surprises. Even the food that was available at the food cafeterias was reasonable. We left there on the morning of the 11th after saying goodbye to Bob & Mary. We drove to Gillette, WY that night arriving fairly early in the afternoon. After asking the Wal-Mart personnel if we could park there, the answer was yes. We stayed there for the evening of course shopping at the store and leaving some cash! You can view some of the pictures taken here under the "Yellowstone National Park" heading.
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