It is dark out and we are still on the road. That doesn't happen much. Leroy wants to make it to Fargo tonight. We will probably get in late and have to stay in a walmart lot, but what the heck.
Started the day out early by our standards (630 wash time) but we still never get on the road till 10. We had a two hour time zone difference and it still didn't look early even tho Diesel and I were really tired and did not want to get up. I ate protein to late last nite and could not go to sleep. Wide away for most of the nite, finally fell asleep early am after a couple Tylenol. Well, when I don't sleep, diesel and iris, and occasionally Sallee doesn't sleep either. I was out on the couch and after a while Diesel came out to check on me and try to get me to go back to bed (leading me there). I changed his diaper, he was wet but he didn't want to go out (thankgoodness). I took him back and put him on the bed with Leroy and he curled up. I went back to the couch. Soon he came out again and decided if I wasn't going to come in there he would sleep with me on the couch, so he snuggled in. Then early am when I finally decided I could sleep I took him and back to bed we went. Well in a couple hours
there is Leroy up, dressed and almost ready to take off. Well, little Diesel was with me, looking at Leroy like he was crazy. We lounged on the bed, then the couch until we both decided we could get up. Iris was sound asleep in her crate the whole time. She can come and go in her crate, she knows how to open and shut the door from either side so she goes to bed when she wants.
Before we left town I decided to go get coffee this am instead of slowing Leroy down by making it at home. He drove up across the street with the rig and i got out and headed to the coffee place. An older cowboy(yes, the real thing) was standing their drinking his while he waited for his friend to get his. He looked at me and said, "that's quite a long wagon train you got there" I love it so now instead of an RV, we have a wagon train.
We came thru the north part of North Dakota. Its all oil wells, and ranches up here. Saw some fracking
Friday, October 10, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
thurs pm
Spent the day in the park, driving and hiking. Then supper at Boots Bar and Grill and the food, especially the potatoe soup was incredible.
Diesel was facinated by the prairie dogs, have a cute picture of him facinated by them. All the dogs were really, and Iris was really interested in the wild horses we saw(or free range horses, whatever the case may be).
Hopefully tomorow as we drive i can get some pictures posted so i don't get so far behind.
We are spending the nite in Medora North Dakota and this is a small town. Good thing the bar and grill had good food as it was to late to cook and it was the only show in town. Full of young cowboy families and old cowboys. This is a working mans town!
Diesel was facinated by the prairie dogs, have a cute picture of him facinated by them. All the dogs were really, and Iris was really interested in the wild horses we saw(or free range horses, whatever the case may be).
Hopefully tomorow as we drive i can get some pictures posted so i don't get so far behind.
We are spending the nite in Medora North Dakota and this is a small town. Good thing the bar and grill had good food as it was to late to cook and it was the only show in town. Full of young cowboy families and old cowboys. This is a working mans town!
10/9/14 Thurs
Well we went the north route and are here ready to check out the badlands. If you have never gotten here they are just as pretty or maybe more than the South Dakota badlands. They were the spot that Teddy Rosevelt found and made him start the national park system. He ranched out here for a while.
All this beautiful land we have saved for us to look at in this country is thanks to him. It is a shame that the park system is not getting funding as it deserves it. People travel all over the world and yet have never seen many of the beautiful things we have here in the lower 48. We have history and we have beauty, you just have to travel and look in the right places to see it. If I would have any political bandwagon (I am not a political person) would be for the government to save more land, and preserve what we have here, and continue to support what we already have. We have species here in our own country that need saving, that need appreciating and that need support. Wild horses for one. Even if you aren't a bird watcher you should try to see some of these species that are here. The United States is a beautiful and awesome place and we often forget it when we get wrapped up in the daily news of the world and big cities. We need as a population to stop, look, and appreciate what we do have. People from those countries that every one goes to visit come HERE for their vacations. I wonder why, maybe we have more in our backyard than we realize. Check it out folks.
All this beautiful land we have saved for us to look at in this country is thanks to him. It is a shame that the park system is not getting funding as it deserves it. People travel all over the world and yet have never seen many of the beautiful things we have here in the lower 48. We have history and we have beauty, you just have to travel and look in the right places to see it. If I would have any political bandwagon (I am not a political person) would be for the government to save more land, and preserve what we have here, and continue to support what we already have. We have species here in our own country that need saving, that need appreciating and that need support. Wild horses for one. Even if you aren't a bird watcher you should try to see some of these species that are here. The United States is a beautiful and awesome place and we often forget it when we get wrapped up in the daily news of the world and big cities. We need as a population to stop, look, and appreciate what we do have. People from those countries that every one goes to visit come HERE for their vacations. I wonder why, maybe we have more in our backyard than we realize. Check it out folks.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
WED 10/8
Well I have to work backwards cause i lose track of days and time and what we did when. Today we are continuing east thru Montana. We are taking the north route thru North Dakota so we can see the North Dakota Badlands again and come down to southern Minn. thru Duluth. I was born near Duluth in Moose Lake, unless you believe the story about the aliens and Roswell ,New Mexico.
We went thru Billings and stopped at a couple of quilt stores. One was wonderful, I would move there just to be near the store. Huge and a wonderful stash of batiks, a quilt machine and lots of space for quilters for classes or like this group today, they just get together 2-3 x a week to sew there. They just work on their own projects. Beautiful selection of fabrics. I could have spent a lot there. So Donna, you should see the treasure from there you are getting. The other one was nothing special. The first one is BackPorch Quilts and they have a big online store too I think.
Today poor little Sam bird's cage tipped over. Oh what a mess I have as the water and food tipped over and out of the cage and the stuff inside is a mess. He looks to be unscathed but will know more after the next rest stop.
The lst two nites were spent in Big Timber Montana at an off the road spot. An RV place set beside the water. A fiercly rushing stream that leroy spent many of the last two days fishing as it is a good year round trout stream but none was to be caught by him, just a few nibbles. I spent most of the time sitting outside doing my paperwork and reading, playing with dogs and training the dogs and doing my exercise outside. So I was relaxed. As I said I spent the evenings sitting by the Rv listening to the water about 100 yds away and staring at the full moon, drinking wine. Tho last nite got a bit chilly early. The days have been in the 70's.
While we were there I ran into to town and got groceries and stopped at the quilt store. What a great store, yarn and fabric and friendly folk. They had the full line of Fiorini threads (as did the one today) and I have never seen their full line. What beautiful colors. Many many shades of each color. It was beautiful just to look at. Fiorini must be a popular thread here.
The shop today had lots of embroidery stuff too, and I could have spent a fortune if I had one.
The shop yest had fun ladies to talk to. Local ones were getting ready to go to a retreat. That one is up in the mts and they do their own cooking and sleep on cots, and tho they all raved about it, it didn't sound that great for my old bones. It cost about $230. They have the occasional bear scare up there which i guess adds to the excitement and fun. She said no one ever complains about the sleeping or cooking. Another lady who was leaving this fri for a retreat and I both decided we needed a bit more luxury at our age. She was going to one in Red Lodge that is a retreat center and has one tabel and light overhead for each, plenty of outlets, plenty of space and great beds and they cook for you. It is $200 for the 4 days. She said her group of 12 never complains either, ha ha.
We went thru Billings and stopped at a couple of quilt stores. One was wonderful, I would move there just to be near the store. Huge and a wonderful stash of batiks, a quilt machine and lots of space for quilters for classes or like this group today, they just get together 2-3 x a week to sew there. They just work on their own projects. Beautiful selection of fabrics. I could have spent a lot there. So Donna, you should see the treasure from there you are getting. The other one was nothing special. The first one is BackPorch Quilts and they have a big online store too I think.
Today poor little Sam bird's cage tipped over. Oh what a mess I have as the water and food tipped over and out of the cage and the stuff inside is a mess. He looks to be unscathed but will know more after the next rest stop.
The lst two nites were spent in Big Timber Montana at an off the road spot. An RV place set beside the water. A fiercly rushing stream that leroy spent many of the last two days fishing as it is a good year round trout stream but none was to be caught by him, just a few nibbles. I spent most of the time sitting outside doing my paperwork and reading, playing with dogs and training the dogs and doing my exercise outside. So I was relaxed. As I said I spent the evenings sitting by the Rv listening to the water about 100 yds away and staring at the full moon, drinking wine. Tho last nite got a bit chilly early. The days have been in the 70's.
While we were there I ran into to town and got groceries and stopped at the quilt store. What a great store, yarn and fabric and friendly folk. They had the full line of Fiorini threads (as did the one today) and I have never seen their full line. What beautiful colors. Many many shades of each color. It was beautiful just to look at. Fiorini must be a popular thread here.
The shop today had lots of embroidery stuff too, and I could have spent a fortune if I had one.
The shop yest had fun ladies to talk to. Local ones were getting ready to go to a retreat. That one is up in the mts and they do their own cooking and sleep on cots, and tho they all raved about it, it didn't sound that great for my old bones. It cost about $230. They have the occasional bear scare up there which i guess adds to the excitement and fun. She said no one ever complains about the sleeping or cooking. Another lady who was leaving this fri for a retreat and I both decided we needed a bit more luxury at our age. She was going to one in Red Lodge that is a retreat center and has one tabel and light overhead for each, plenty of outlets, plenty of space and great beds and they cook for you. It is $200 for the 4 days. She said her group of 12 never complains either, ha ha.
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