August 21-28

August 21 - We left the Cedar Creek Campground in the morning and headed for Kalispell, Montana.  The drive along the Kootney Lake is beautiful but I've shown you alot of beautiful pictures.  When we got to Kalispell (8/21)we stayed at the Spruce Park on the River.  We were only about 30 miles from Glacier National Park.  This is a really nice park so we decided to stay two nights.

August 22 - Today we drove about halfway into Glacier National Park.  At one time the park had 150 glaciers but only about 50 remain.  Since we weren't seeing anything to compare to where we had been we went back to town.  We stopped and bought a lug of very good bing cherries that we will be eating for awhile.  Gary got the oil changed and we just veged.

When I look at my pictures I see I didn't take any at our next stop which was at the Indian Creek RV Park in  Deer Lodge, MT (8/23). 

August 24-26 - Our next stop was at the Ennis (MT) RV.  Ennis is near the Madson River. The Madison is widely noted as one of the best rivers for fishing.  Gary decided to buy a two-day fishing license. At the fly shop he talked to the owner who told him he would need felt-bottomed shoes to walk in the river.  He just gave Gary a pair and told him to return them when he was done with them.  Unbelievable.  Gary asked if he wanted his name and the guy said it wasn't necessary.  That evening we went to dinner and as we were getting ready to sit down the couple at the next table asked us to join them.  We had a nice dinner and visit.  Such a friendly place.  Gary fished twice and caught several fish but he said they were too small to keep. We thought Ennis was alot like Saratoga, Wyoming only maybe a bit bigger.

 I was sitting outside brushing the girls when a couple wandered over from another RV with their little Maltese.  She was 5 years old and they had rescued her.  They were clearly as enamored of her as we are of the girls.  We have met so many Maltese lovers on this trip. 

At a restaurant just outside the RV park. The girls had to bark at this guy.

At the campground in Ennis.

We moved on on the 26th and drove through the northern part of Yellowstone to Cody, WY.  The only animals we saw there were buffalo.  We got stopped once as a herd moved across the road. In typical Japanese fashion we saw a guy squatted with a camera no more than 10 feet in front of a buffalo on the move.  We wouldn't have been surprised to read the next day, "man mauled by buffalo." 

August 26-28 - We're now at the Absaroka Bay RV Park in Cody.  We stayed here on our trip north so here we are again.  We decided to stay 2 nights so we could go to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.  Cody is a great town and the Historical Center is outstanding.  I would recommend anyone going to Cody or Yellowstone take a half day to visit this Center.  It was well worth it.  The have wonderful art pieces by both Frederick and Charles Remington and other very talented artists. About 12 miles from Cody they have opened a new Japanese Internment Center. We didn't go since we had just visited one in Canada. Next time. 

I love bronze pieces so here are a few example from the Historical Center.

Crazy Horse

Sacajawea

The Hotel Irma built by Buffalo Bill and named for one of his daughters.

Tomorrow (8/29) we'll finish our journey in two parts. One more stop for the night in Douglas, WY and then home.

I'd give this trip a AAA+.  In 9,699 miles, plus another 500 from Cody to home we have had a wonderful time and have seen fabulous scenery.  In addition, one of the favorite parts of such a trip is meeting, visiting with people and making friends along the way.  Now back to reality (haircut, dog grooming, trip to Denver to see my Mom, grandson's wedding and gift opening at our house).  And then - after a brief time we'll be off to visit Gary's Mom in Iowa and perhaps to South Dakota for some pheasant hunting.  In between we have to schedule some visits with our friends so we can catch up.  So, this will no doubt be my last blog for this trip.   I'll let you know when we have something to blog about again. Thanks for keeping up with us!