Winter wrap up

We are back in Pincher Creek.  Arrived here on our grandson, Colm's 20th birthday.

We were parked at Avi Casino near Laughlin, Nevada for one night and the weather looked good for heading north, so on March 31 we drove through Las Vegas and continued north finally stopping at Ely, Nevada for the night.

going through Vegas on a Sunday



one of many multi levelled overpasses

 

 

On the way to Ely we passed through some Joshua trees.  I love these trees with their spiky branches.

 

not as good a specimen but then it was taken on the fly!

 

highway to Ely, Nevada

 From Ely, we headed north only to run into some wet snow and it was getting worse as we headed further north.  Not knowing what was ahead of us and knowing what was behind us, we turned around and headed 30 miles back to Ely and then southward until we hit the highway heading east to Salt Lake City.  We traveled on dry roads from then on.  We will take in Jackpot, Nevada another time but not in winter.

 

We stopped for the night in Ogden, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City after a very long day of driving. 

lots of snow on this mountain east of Salt Lake City

 

We stayed at Wasatch View Estates in Ogden, Utah.   We got the last site left and because the gal thought it was a crappy site she gave it to us for free.  We will definitely stop here again when we are in the area because of the graciousness of the hostess.

 

April 2 dawned sunny and clear and we made good time on the road. 

you don't realize how many hills there are until you drive a motor home!

Clark just caught this sign through the window screen

Missouri river just by those rocks - we saw lots of fishermen on the river

We overnighted at Dillon, Montana south of Butte.

 

April 3 we made it to Conrad, Montana.  Wanted to stop before the border so we could fill up with cheap gas in Shelby before heading home.

 

April 4th, we hit the border around noon and waited in line for an hour before we could get through.  Lots of trailers, fifth wheels and motor homes heading north into Alberta.

 

Camped in Lethbridge and spent the weekend as we needed a few things from Costco, WalMart and Canadian Tire.  Took our granddaughter, who is going to University of Lethbridge out for supper.  Drove to Pincher on Saturday and had coffee and hugs with grandkids and daughter-in-law.  The little ones have grown.

 

April 8th finds us once more in Pincher Creek.  Feels good to be home and I guess that's because everything is familiar.