Oh my I read my last post, and was embarrassed at the typos, and all,,,,,was thinking too fast and also not paying attention to auto correct (as usual for me)……ahahahhahah well am home and hopefully will be a slower pace to type updates!!!

After leaving Stewart BC/Hyder AK, they are side by side basically along the border on the west, we saw more beautiful scenery, and got slowly broken in to civilization more……Yes we were in towns the whole 7 weeks but not driving through many towns along the way. More traffic, more people, etc……

I didn’t say much really about being a grandma in last post,,,,,while at the playground Pax asked me to join him in the tire, why not??? 🙂 🙂 🙂 I did bump my head ducking down, but it was worth the smile he gave me when I got in there with him!

He was a great trooper traveling in the truck all those long hours,,,,,,total we were on the road 11 days…..we did stay two nights in Fairbanks and then in Stewart, and he asked if were were staying another night at both our boondock camp sights, but had to break the news that we weren’t. Found a beautiful campground south of Prince George at a Provincial Park, as they call them, that had lots of great amenities, electric hook up for our freezer, swim beach, which Pax waded out in and I finally joined him after he had asked me (again), rows and rows of picnic tables along the swim beach in the trees, a huge and I mean huge green space with a fun playground for kids and a changing cabana, bathrooms were a bit of a walk away, but nothings perfect!!!! 🙂 🙂

The water was almost warm, beautiful sunset, and no bugs, which brings me to-we really weren’t bothered by mosquitos much the whole trip, not even in BC…..and two years ago they were atrocious…….Next day drove through numerous small towns with lots of character, drove by a huge and I mean huge copper mine with a huge pond/lake for sentiment (I guess) pics in next blog cause they are in phone and can’t get them downloaded right yet……..

Anyway this has happened twice now, only coming into the U.S. at this border stop, Osoyoos, yes it’s spelled right, 🙂 🙂 🙂 last time and this time they just had to look in truck and this time had to look in trailer,,,,,,,,,probably had to meet a quota huh??? blahhhhh

Getting late by now well after 4pm. after finally crossing the border and we are wanting a camp spot…….thought we’d even pull into a private campground but the towns in this part of WA are small……kept driving south then east and settled on Republic after I looked up on an app (All Stays) a spot at their fairgrounds……and what a beautiful facility it was……..it remained us our how ours used to look, wooden structures, wood barn like our exhibit hall use to be…….a race track, they still have and use theirs!!! Wooden bleachers………all on 44 acres.

Traveled east a bit, then south passed through Spokane, east on 90, oh boy northern Idaho is up down up down up down up down in the mountains and that is no exaggeration!!! lovely county,,,,,,,,Butte MT, KOA most expensive place, right next to interstate, all well, and then south into Yellowstone for Pax……I did get to see Mammouth Hot Springs, it was lovely,,,,,,,,The Grand Prismatic Spring was too, too, too busy wasn’t worth stopping and even walking in,,,,,,,,finished off at ol’ Faithful and Paxton throughly enjoyed that,,,,,,If we ever stop there again got to remember you can take your dogs around that whole area…..Cliff stayed in the truck with them after letting Henri pee on lots of tires……… 🙂 🙂 🙂

Homeward bound great little campground on BLM close the Pinedale, WY and the cheapest $10 and with electric hookup!!!!!!! YES……….. Finally saw a bull moose, four actually, soon after we left that morning, just barely outside of Pinedale, two and two,,,,,,were crossing the highway about a block apart from each other…..pics in next post……..Great time, great memories, the whole trip was almost too good to be true…….:) 🙂 🙂 came home and after turning on swamp cooler water and used it for a bit, it was leaking the next morning through the roof, drip drip drip,,,,,,,,,it’s fixable, and it’s happened before,,,,,could have been worse……..so live goes on!!! Still good though!!! Hosta la vista!!!!!

Karen p.s. I hate auto correct!!!! there were still whoops……