May 28, 2013 - West Yellowstone to St.Regis

Left West Yellowstone this morning heading West. This country is just amazing...driving along enjoying the cows and horses in the lowlands, then all of a sudden we're climbing 5 and 6 percent grades up into mountains you couldn't even see just a little while earlier. It really is beautiful. So much open land.

Sep 8, 2012 - Trail of the Hiawatha

Sept. 8, 2012 Got pretty cold last night, about 45 degrees. Nice sleeping bags kept us warm.  The 4 wheeler guys waved as we pulled the trailer up the hill out of the campground.  It looked less scarey than coming down had. Then we rode the Trail of the Hiawatha rail trail.  Awesome views, trestles, and tunnels, quite an experience!  As it was a beautiful Saturday, LOTS of people were out on the trail.  John guessed 500, all ages.  Not too crowded to enjoy though.  95% took the shuttle buses, some so that they only rode the mile+ tunnel....

Jun 8, 2012 - Sprague WA to St. Regis MT

Saint Regis, MT 48 deg. cloudy, no wind. Forecast today = Mostly cloudy with rain showers. High of 59F. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Believe it or not, but we left Sprague and 8:05 yesterday morning!!!! I really didn't think we get out of there until 9 or so. : ) Once back on I-90, we simply followed it all the way here to Saint Regis, MT. and to Campground St. Regis. It was 11:45 when we pulled up to the office, so we made fairly good time, traveling 168 miles in 3 hours and 40 minutes, much of that in the...

Jun 2, 2012 - Heading back east . . . . .

Steve got word from Dan that the new well will be ready for him around the middle of the month, so time to start heading back. We will spend the nest few days boondocking along the Blackfoot River, then spend some more time in Helena before we make the way back to Wahpeton to get his work gear and the suburban. The kids and I will find work somewhere along the way to bide time till Steve is done with the wells.

Oct 2, 2011 - First day

Nothing exciting today, weather good, roads good, RG either sleeping in my lap or helping Mike drive. Pics tomorrow. Fuses in cigarette lighters blew so we ran the computer on its own battery, luckily it lasted all day. Have new fuse in and will buy extras tomorrow

Aug 4, 2011 - St. Regis, Montana

Thursday we traveled with our group for a short way and then detoured back to Missoula to pick up our car, We had to wait a couple hours for a part but we were back on the road by 3PM, a little heavier in the rear and alot lighter in the wallet. We may still have to buy new tires and we need to buy new hubcaps. We arrived in St. Regis, Montana a couple of hours after everyone else. We had traveled 227 miles. There wasn't anything planned on our itinerary for St. Regis. It was just a rest stop before traveling on the next day. The...

Aug 4, 2011 - Saint Regis, Montana, USA

Today was an easy 143 mile drive to Saint Regis, Montana. The campground had some carvings of animals where trees had been cut down. They told us not to put food in the garbage cans at night because they do get bears here. Adlai, Irene, Larry, Sandra, Terry, and Doug and Clarence and I cooked steaks out tonight. We all met on the Fall Foliage tour and decided to come west together so had a little celebration. Tonight the group had a bonfire and had a discussion around the fire of RV questions and tips.

Jul 21, 2011 - St. Regis, MT - Nugget RV Park

It was a not so nice 216 mile trip from Lewiston, ID up Idaho, across, and then down Montana to St. Regis, MT. The Idaho portion was good with some very pleasant views as we passed by Coeur d'Alene and headed up to Lookout Pass where you not only pass over the mountains but into Montana. That's where the fun ended. The road was concrete and probably the worst we have seen on this trip. I am not sure it isn't worse than I-40 through Oklahoma. About 20 miles later it finally got a little better. One thing I don't understand though: why is it...

Jul 6, 2010 - Surrey BC to St. Regis Montana

On the road at about 8:30 am, no waits for us at the Pacific Boarder Crossing, but my cousin Christina and family had to pull off for some verification with having permission notes for her kids and Tamika. So we met them in the parking lot of Cost Cutters. We did some food shopping at Walmart and made sandwiches in the parking lot, gassed up. We had a rolling slowdown, when going down a hill...two vehicals at the head of the line with lights on giving us an slow escort for a good 5 miles. (then they pull over and go the other way with the...

Jul 4, 2010 - Very quiet July 4th

We spent July 4th, in St. Regis, Montana. They were suppose to have alot of small activities, but very strange no one seem to know where or when. We drove around and decided to give it up. 16 miles from St Regis, they are advertising the $50,000 Saloon. We decided to drive over and have lunch. The man that owns the place started collecting silver dollars in 1952 (talked to my mom and in the 60's dad and her stopped in but she cannot remember if it was $50,000 or less). They have silver dollars on everything. When we arrived I ask Nancy if...

Jul 3, 2010 - Road to St. Regis, Montana

Miles today 181. Today we are on the road again. Headed for St. Regis, Montana and plan to spend the 4th of July in this small town. Anticipating small local activities. It is cold today and we are running the heater in the motorhome. Still jean and jacket weather. We drove thru the Flathead Lake Region and will have to one day come back to this area and check it out. Lake is beautiful, but we have reservations for the fourth (and they were very clear no cancellations) and we feel sure this lake area would not have room for us. Oh well it...

Jun 29, 2010 - St Regis to Thompson Falls, MT

We had planned on traveling as far as Coeur D’Alene when we left Missoula but as we came to the town of St Regis just 33 miles before the Idaho border I had a strong hunch that we needed to stop here,,, What a great hunch that turned out to be… We chose the St Regis Campground as out spot for the night but when we went to check in we found it to be such a delightful place that we signed up for two… Good choice…We had a water and electric site that had a beautiful view out our window of the Lo Lo Mountains and the Clark Fork river flowing...