Making Good Time.

Well at about 11:00 Wednesday night Chuck sat up in bed. It scared me and I finally got out of him what was wrong--he had a toothache!! Of all the things I was prepared for, that was not one of them. Gave him an Aleve and he had some Ambesol in his kit so finally got to sleep. At 8am I was on the phone while he unhooked the truck. We ended up walking into the office of one of the three dentists in Glasgow. The gal at the desk was very nice and helpful and they did an immediate --ray and determined that it was a tooth that he had broke years ago and they had done a crown. Then a few years later they had to drill thru the crown to do a root canal. The filling had pulled away from the crown and it was infected. The doc slipped him in bbetween appts and cleaned it out and refilled and gave him a prescription for antibiotics.  We had lunch and got on the road about noon. Thank goodness he was able to get it taken care of so quickly!!

We got across the border thru Sweetgrass--smooth crossing with no inspection and just the routine questions. Stayed at Park Lake Provincial Park just north of Lethbridge. Had to call to make a "reservation" even though we were already there. No self registration and no on-site registration!! Weird! After supper Chuck took a walk down to the lake so guess he is feeling ok.

Great four lane roads all the way to Edmonton today. Saw a bad accident just before we stopped for the night inGrand Prairie. It was on The southbound lanes and traffic was backed up at least a mile. Squads and rescue and ambulance were just arriving.  We stayed at the Lions Club Campground on the edge of town.

Today was drizzly but pretty scenery. Saw a dead moose but so far no live sightings. We are now into British Columbia in a small campground on the Skianna River with a view of the river and towering lodgepole pines across.  We have been reading my notes from our trip eleven years ago. Fun to compare and jog our memories.   Will be back again when I have Wi-Fi!!

are we there yet???

We have two days under our belts and not much to report. Not much of interest in Minnesota, North Dakota, and eastern Montana.  I told Chuck today that I wished we could have put the rig on a railcar and rode the train as far as Havre MT.  Sooo many miles of nothing!!!  Heavy rains on Tuesday on I-694 through the Twin Cities and again today around Williston ND. We saw lots of traffic there in the way of sand trucks and oil tankers and lots of wells pumping. Also saw lots of "man camps" of every description for the workers in the oil boom. We are in Glasgow MT tonight and will cross into Canada tomorrow. Planning to get to Calgary area tomorrow. We are travelling at a safe and sane pace so as to enjoy the trip!!

On the road again . . .just can't wait to get on the road again!

I have promised so many friends that I would keep in touch, post pics, and keep everyone updated on our whereabouts as we embark on our latest road trip that I decided to revive this blog that I started several years ago and then let languish as we built our new home, moved, unpacked, settled in, and etc.  We will be heading out on Tuesday across Minnesota, North Dakota and most of Montana before we turn North to Alaska!!  We sold our motorhome two years ago but with the road trip bug biting at our ankles, we bought a new 18 ft. travel trailer that will nicely serve our needs for this trip and hopefully a few others. We wanted a fairly lightweight unit  with a bed centered so each could get out of bed without crawling over the other (too old for that!!), a full refrigerator (some small units just have an under the counter model), a decent shower, and accessible storage. We are packing very carefully to keep weight down - we have found that we don't have to take everything we own along for the ride!!  I will update as we  move along, with possible breaks through Canada - not sure how much sufficient data will cost through that stretch.  We will travel north from Havre MT through Calgary, Edmonton, etc. via the Al-Can Highway to Tok.  We plan to go north to Fairbanks area first then travel to Denali and south to the Kenai Peninsula and probably spend about a week in the Anchorage area before we leave Alaska near the end of June.  We will head east, southeast through Canada and have reservations for five days near Banff - one of my "Bucket List" items.  We will soak in the fabulous scenery we have seen pics of and heard so much about, drive our hearts out in the area, eat some good food etc. before we head east across Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota so as to arrive back in Wisconsin with a few days to spare before the Hall Family Reunion that is planned to be held at our place on July 18!!!  No moss growing on this rock!