Livin' Part of Life

People will invariably ask…what was Glacier like? What was the best part? Those are questions we are always asked. As for Glacier, I don’t have an idea, at this point, how to respond. We decided to get onto the Going to the Sun (GttS) road early this morning during our timed entry. We figured we’d… Read more

OMG, GTTSR!!! Glacier National Park is one on our list that was a complete bucket list item. Of course, the distance makes it challenging. And it is remote, and so flying in is not a reasonable cost option for us. And with the elevation in Northern Montana, its season for full enjoyment is very short… Read more

We started today in a haze. Literally, a haze. The first 3 hours of the day were spent driving in the smoke drift from several Canadian wildfires. That lent a yellowish tint to everything as we left Glasgow and headed toward West Glacier Montana. Because we decided to skip a layover in Shelby and head… Read more

Welcome to Mountain Time in Montana. We are so grateful to have made it this far, on schedule. And we are enjoying it, despite Rick’s back problems. We have planned for these kind of situations in that I am (also) fully capable of handling all of the setup/teardown steps on my own. That has come… Read more

A little over a year ago we were in Dickinson, North Dakota on our way “back” from Yellowstone. For those who were following then, you may remember the horrible weather we encountered, leading to our sheltering in the laundry during a tornado warning. Then, of course, was the tire problem that ended up shortening that… Read more

And no, I don’t mean alcohol. Not yet anyways… We’ve said it before, but it is worth repeating. Travelling in an RV, whether for a weekend or 70 days, requires a significant amount of prep work. List upon list. Review and re-review. We both reflected again that we are grateful we don’t go through this… Read more

It was just over 8 weeks ago that we limped back home from our spring travels (if you missed that post, you can read it here). While the trip was spectacular, the hiccups we encountered along the way gave us lots to do over our “break”. First and foremost, we had steel tire valve extensions… Read more

As Karen mentioned in the last post, we decided on a longer day than usual for us to get all the way home yesterday. Yes, we did make it. But it took a bit longer than expected. We were up early and heading out from Iowa City just before 7:00 a.m. Our travel mugs were… Read more

… and yet so close!! Hello from the road! We woke up bright and early after a fantastic night’s sleep. We both hoped that the 6000+ feet drop in elevation and a couple of good walks would be just what we needed to promote the good zzzzz’s. Thankfully, Rick said it was the best sleep… Read more

Today is the day we started our 4-day journey home. We were up by 5:30, which was truly amazing given last night’s debauchery. But awake we were, packing up under the newly-risen sun. By 6:00 we were saying farewell to the lovely Paradise by the River campground. But we weren’t quite done with Estes Park… Read more