About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

June 24-25 2012: Olds to Great Falls and Glendive, Montana

JUNE  24, Sunday, Olds to Great Falls, Montana
We got up late, 7:45 am.  We had a shower and Marcel cooked us breakfast...what a wonderful guy!!!  After saying goodbye, we were on the road by 9:40 am.  We drove south on Hwy 22 to Carstairs where we took on fuel @ $1.16 then onwards on Hwy 2 south.  At Ft McLeod, we turned east on Hwy 3 to Lethbridge and stopped for fuel again @ $1.139.  From here it was Hwy 4 south to the border where we had absolutely no hassles and were through within 5 minutes; the highway is now I-15.  Most of the way, we had mostly clouds and a little rain at times.  Temperature was 57*F when we left and 78* and sunny in Great Falls Montana. We arrived in Great Falls around 6 pm, fuelled at Flying J...$3.64/gal, and stopped for the night at “DICK’s RV PARK” by the river.  We are all set up and glad to be off the road; it was a long day!
We spoke to our friend Donna earlier and she told us news about our Park; the East section is all flooded now and she sent us pictures which I have posted in folder  #87

We travelled 383 miles (621Km) @ an average 56MPH in 6hrs and 55 minutes and stopped for 1.5 hrs.
N  47* 29.386’
W 111* 19.986’
Alt: 3332 ft


JUNE  25, Monday, to Glendive, MT
I was up and ready to go by 7:30 am.  I drove to the Ford Dealer to find out about fixing the A/C on the truck but they were booked solid so came back to the campground, hooked up and were on the road by 8:30 am.  I stopped at a Verizon dealer and got a stick for WIFI.  We then stopped for breakfast and were finally on the go by 9:45 am.  We headed East on highway 87 south/200 East and stopped in Lewiston for fuel at 3.69/Gal.  The scenery was mainly rolling hills and fields of grass and wheat.  From Livingston to Circle, the scenery was much the same except with a lot more rolling hills.  It really became tiring after a while.  In Circle, we fuelled @ $3.74/gal then it was south east on 200S to I-94 and our destination, Glendive.  We arrived here at 17:30 pm and camped at Green Valley Campground for $21.40/night.  We left this morning with cloudy sky and temperature of 18*C and arrived in Glendive in sunshine and 35*C (100*F).  It is hot and humid; we had a thunderstorm rolling through but right now it’s clearing up.  I didn't realize it but we have stayed here in Glendive in a different Park a couple years ago!

We travelled 584 KM (359 miles) in 6hrs 25 min, at an average 56 mph.  We stopped for 2 hrs and 45 minutes
N   47* 07.270’
W 104* 43.648’
Alt: 2070 feet

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