Date Time Location Weather Notes Purchases
6-6 4:10 Home Warm, sunny Stopped at Cedar River to wish Levi Happy birthday 38 years Levi, Jill,Sophie, John, Addie, and Hackett on Pontoon. Stopped at Castle and downed tree still in chrche lot
7:30 Clear Lake, IA cooked hot dogs and ate small salad. Rosie too tired to function
11:00 Worthington, MN Bought Blue Bunny ice cream and the with our fresh strawberries. Slept at Walmart $3.50
6-7 4:15 Got up and on the road by 5:15
9:00 Mitchell, SD Visiting Corn Palace. Spoke with a CP Decorator sour dock is a green wee that turns red Costs $130K to devorat he palace every year
Murdo, SD 250 car museum $22
near Badlands, SD Minutemen Missel Launch National Site
2:30 Badlands National Park Scenic Byway
5:00 Wall, SD Wall Drug $.05 coffee and $.25 bumper sticker
11:00 Gillette, WY Stayed in Walmart Lot. Rosie to tired to function. Pizza from Flying J $5
6-8 6:00 Woke up and took time to wake up and go organized Cleans up a bit Started traveling around 7:30
8:00 Snow capped Big Horn Mountain Antelop and prong horns
13:15 Billings, MN Spinach Salad and banana from Flying J $2.87
19:45 Missoula, MT Cool,partial clouds 164793/1440 Jellystone Camp Ate potatoes, asparagus , and brats. Needed to get the alcohol supply within the Canadian limit so drank an extra Keystone Ice.
6-9 7:30 on the road again.
8:45 Superior, MT. Mineral County Coffee is a hug in a mug
11:00 Scenic I-90 between Missoula and Idaho is gorgeous and we are glad we chose this route. Fluids topped offset a Jiffy lube and stool sftening supplies for Walmart $15.00
5:00 165064/1711 Crossed Canadian border Few questions
9:15 Near Nakusp, BC Very cool, cloudy and misty/rainy Been driving the scenic hi way 6 for hours: mudslides, road wash outs, bridges out, tree across roads, lakes and rivers all day long. It's been a hard drive, but beautiful . Three Island Camping 165248/1895 $31.50 Canadian paid with US$
6/10 5:30 Needles, BC 165294/1942Free ferry to Vernon, BC
19:30 Prince George, BC Very cool, cloudy and misty/rainy Beautiful scenery $27
6/11 19:30 Prince Rupert, BC Cool, sunny Another beautiful day of mountains, rivers, lakes. Worlds largest fly rod. Camp at Prince Rupert RV Camping $35
6/12 10:30 Cold, cloudy Left campground to explore Prince Rupert befor getting on ferry at midnight. Rosie stared out with headache but was better before laeving camp ground. kwinisit park to watch paddleboarders, boats, and eagles. Pictures of really vibrant colored trees.
5:30 Lined up to board ferry to Ketchikan at midnight. On
Lined up to board ferry to Ketchikan at midnight. Disembarked at 9:00 AM. Met )Shirley andTim from Craig, Prince of Wales. Teacher and wrestling coach. Jill and John from Biscain, Australia. (South Africa and Tanzania.) Sylvia and Jacque from Quebec. They are traveling in a Pleasure Van for 8 months, going for a year .
6/13 9:00 Ketchikan, AK Cool and sunny Drove 20 miles north and stopped at state park. Very pretty . Not a good couple of hours for John and me
3:30 Boarded ferry to Prince of Wales $400
6:30 Hollis, AK Cold and rainy Drove to Craig. Couldn't find a place to camp. Ordered pizza from Papa's Pizza. Parked on stret to sleep.
6/14 7:30 Craig, AK Cools down sunn. Got up, bought gas and started driving north. Highlights of day's drive include stopping at Sarkar Lake memorial rest stop, climbing 465 stairs to the El Capitan Cave entrance, and Memorial Beach Picnic area. The memorial is for 12 Forest Rangers who died in a plane crash in Sumner Bay 1978
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