At Glacier National Park

41 degrees this morning when we woke up here at San-Su-Ed RV Park just south of West Glacier, MT.
We are in a lot of trees.  To go for a drive after bit.  Have reservation to go on Red Bus Saturday.  First time we could get on.  They have several different routes, with fleet of the really old open top buses, but each holds only 17 customers.
Click here for Spokane to Glacier Picasa album

 We drove here yesterday from Cheney, WA where we had spent 3 nights.  We visited on Sunday with Jack and Janeen Preeo at Medical Lake, WA.  They grew up in Clarinda area and were schoolmates with Phyllis many, many years ago.  They are at left in front of their house.

                  They spent a lot of time clearing area behind their house and have nice recreation area back there.

 Lots of flowers and plants.

We drove into Seattle and went to a nursery/ fruit stand they frequent.

Their son Tim barbequed some steaks for our late afternoon meal.

We walked past a couple houses and across the street to get on their pontoon boat.  At the house immediately across the street from their dock this deer was lying when we went, and was still in the same position when we walked back to their house after the boat ride.

This lake is pretty big, and took short hour to go around the perimeter of it.

On Monday we drove some 15 miles northeast of the edge of Spokane and visited with Doug and Sue Tyndal who are neighbors in our RV park in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.  They are employed as gate guards for the summer for a paper company at the entrance to large forested area.  Doug talked us into taking his 4-wheeler up the 7 miles or so to the top of Round Top which was the tallest mountain in their guarded area.

          Phyllis took this picture of the top of my
          helmet.

The view to the left and upper part of this picture shows some of the numerous trails that we had come up.  We put 14 miles on the odometer up and back and took about 2 hours.  Saw a lot of interesting views, 

We were clinging on the side of the mountain as we neared the top.  We actually didn't get clear to the top as the last little bit included a very, very steep incline on some slick rocks that tipped and rocked the 4-wheeler and when Phyllis hollered we backed off and looked out where we were.

Newman Lake to the south that we had driven by to get to Thompson Road.

 Back at their trailer we relaxed and had lunch.

Back side of their trailer, showing the water containers that their employers fill weekly, and the solar panels on their roof that keep their batteries charged.

A creek runs beside their trailer and they have made a place to relax there.  Cody is keeping an eye on me.




Well, is close to 10 am and time to take off for some driving in Glacier.
Later, Lynn

Heading from near Spokane to Glacier National Park

Finally have a good WIFI connection so uploaded to Picasa several photos.


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We are at RV Park in Cheney, WA -  just a few miles south of Spokane, WA.

Yesterday spent most of the day with Jack and Janeen Prio at their house, with them as they drove through Medical Lake where they live and then through part of Spokane.  After enjoying barbecued steak with them and their family we went out onto the lake right near them for an hour or so just before sunset.

Monday we drove to northeast of Spokane and spent time with Sue and Doug Tindal.

Suited up to drive up in the woods

On the trail - high up

Phyllis putting the tight helmet back on

View from the top.  Smoke from forest fires to the west made
it just a little hazy -  we couldn't see Spokane, which Doug
said was possible on clear day.

After driving some 7 miles up winding trails and 7 miles back down over couple hour period on Doug's 4-wheeler we had lunch with them and a good visit.  They have a mobile home a short ways from ours in La Faria, TX.











This morning (now Tuesday) we are heading out to near West Glacier, MT where we have next 3 nights reserved while we drive through Glacier National Park.
More later, Lynn

In Sultan, WA

Headed to Medicine Lake, WA.  Found a stop-over in little town of Sultan, WA.  Railroad tracks (and Amtrak) runs right behind us in this small RV Park.

      This morning we pulled up stakes at Gig Harbor, went down past end of the water at Tacoma and came back up to Federal Way where we met Phyllis' cousin David Runyan for lunch at an Old Country Buffet in a shopping mall.  Lots of traffic around Tacoma and again this afternoon north of Seattle.

After lunch we went to Everett, WA and was able to get tickets for the factory tour at Boeing Aircraft.  Wow, huge place and lots of huge airplanes under construction. Found lot of interesting facts about their building of airplane, but no cameras allowed, so have nothing to show.

  We had met Sheryl Brown (Daughter of our friends in Clarinda who are looking after our house) yesterday afternoon when she got off work and we took taxi from where she worked, near the Space Needle, to the harbor and ate at the famous Ivar's Fish.  Little on the expensive side, but was right on the ocean and we had window seats and watched the ferries and other boats coming in and out as we visited and ate.  After a bit of shopping on the front we were able to walk the short distance to our Bremerton Ferry and catch the 6:45 pm one so was not quite dark when we got clear back to our trailer in Gig Harbor.

Will probably stop one more time before getting to Medicine Lake near Spokane where we will visit Jack and Janeen Preo probably on Sunday and then see if we can look up Doug & Sue Tindle who are working in the woods near the Idaho border for the summer.  After that we head to Glacier National Park.

Later, Lynn

leaving Gig Harbor

This is Friday morning.  We set up here in Gig Harbor, WA on Tuesday and went right over to Cousin's house. 

We had spent several days with Jennifer Miles' parents in San Diego on this trip and now got to visit with Jennifer and her daughter Lexi.

We went out to eat and had a good time visiting.

Lexi posed with the bear outside the restaurant.

Jennifer, Lexi and Phyllis

                      Jennifer, Lexi and Lynn

Yesterday we drove to Bremerton and took the ferry to Seattle.


One of the things we did was take a two-hour city tour on a very small bus with only 9 other people so got a good personalized tour by the retired school teacher driver/guide.

We stopped and got off bus to view the city from this prominent spot on a hill and take photos. 

           Phyllis, just before getting back on the bus.

Getting on the ferry in Bremerton.

Not a very big crowd on this 8:45 am ferry ride.
Took an hour to get to Seattle.

We grabbed some breakfast to eat while riding.

Will post more later, Lynn

In Sequim, Washington

Spent yesterday on the ferry 90 minutes going to Victoria, BC, Canada; took 90 minute double-decker guided bus tour of the area - walked the downtown area where there were hundreds of classic cars on display and being driven around; ate lunch at Old Spaghetti Factory; did a guided tour of the capitol of British Columbia there in Victoria; took a 90 minute guided boat (mini-boat) tour on the harbor up to a river (there were sea-planes landing and taking off from the harbor area).  Then the 90 minute ride back to Port Angeles, Washington to 55 degree foggy weather and 20 minute ride to our trailer at Sequim, getting home about 9:45 pm.  Long day.

Took a lot of photos - will post them some.  Don't have the best WiFi right here.

Going bike riding on trail here this afternoon - attend a Lavender Festival and play Pegs & Jokers with Harold & LaRhoda Neahr and LaRhoda's sister and brother-in-law this evening.

Later, Lynn

We're in Wasington State

Crossed from Astoria, Oregon to Washington  mid afternoon today.

Had supper and played Pegs & Jokers at our trailer with Gordon and Beverly Mayer of Reno, NV who also winter at Kenwood RV in La Feria.  They stayed overnight in Silver Spur RV.  They were still on their way home from Kenwood, but had gone to Florida and then up the East Coast and across to Washington where they attended an annual family reunion near Mt. St. Helen, WA

Monday morning as they were getting ready to leave.

Tuesday we drove the 45 miles or so to Portland and met with Phyllis' cousins Ruth and Janice and their sister-in-law Theresa.  Spent the morning walking, riding the lite-rail and walking around International Rose Test Garden before having lunch.  They were headed to Amtrak in the afternoon and were riding together to Spokane.

Ruth, Theresa, and Janice

   Here are a couple photos of some of the roses I photographed  - you can see all my pictures I took at the gardens Click Here  if you want.

You can look at a whole bunch of photos we both took while we were in the Willamette Valley around Salem, Silverton and several other places at Click Here

Mienself and fraulein

                The girls I escorted much of the day in

                   Portland.







We are heading to Olympia to tour the Washington State Capitol tomorrow and then head up to Sequim, WA where we will visit with Harold & LaRhoda Nehr and then maybe go over into Canada on the Passenger Ferry one day.

Later, Lynn

Willamette Valley

 We are still at Silver Spur RV in Silverton, OR.  Last Saturday we drove north to near Oregon City to a Lavender Festival

Phyllis bought a bundle each of two different kinds of lavender.  Cut them herself.

After lunch we went on a city trolley tour of Oregon City

 Yesterday we drive up to Mt Hood.

This morning heading to Portland.

Lynn