Well, we left Montana and ran home to see family and friends. I didn't take many pictures because of the short time we were there. One day spent at Freight Liner to have a wiring problem fixed and three and one-half days at Fleetwood to have some repairs from May re-repaired. Didn't leave much time before we headed out again. We loved Montana, the scenery was fantastic, the people we worked with were great and if we were to return to any of the places we have been, this would be at the top of the list. So with that said, here's a little review of our time at Libby Dam.
We saw waterfalls. This is the Kootenai River Falls and the swinging bridge over it. The bridge was built so that the Forest Service had access across the river and falls in case of a fire on the other side.
We drove many forest service roads and had the chance to see the beauty of the forest and mountains. We found gently flowing streams and were able to enjoy the peace and quiet of the forest.
We saw big horn sheep, and many, many humming birds. Holly had three feeders out and filled them at least twice a day and sometimes three. There were times when we had twenty or more at a time taking turns. When the weather cooled off at night, they were gone. The rangers were amazed at the number of birds we had around us.
We took one fire road into the clouds and found an old fire watch tower at almost 6100 feet. Holly climbed to the second landing and said she still couldn't see anything and came back down. We could only imagine what the view would be like on a clear day. We went huckleberry picking even though we had no idea what to look for. A very nice gentleman stopped and asked if we needed help. When we told him we were looking for huckleberries he took us to some and showed us what we wanted to look for. Now we have some in our freezer for huckleberry pancakes.
In our travels on the back mountain roads we saw Mrs. Moose and her calf down in a pond eating. We saw mature and immature bald eagles down by the dam, along with blue heron and osprey. We even saw a big black bear but by the time I got the camera in hand, he had run into the woods.
This barred owl flew right over the Jeep and landed in this tree right in front of us and turned around to give me some nice pictures. Thank you Mr. Owl.
We had lunch with a square dance group and stayed to watch them dos-e-doe and swing their partners round and round. They had a great time and we enjoyed watching them and had a great lunch. This one of the reasons we love doing this. We meet some very nice people and sometimes they feed us. Even if they didn't feed us we still enjoy meeting and talking to new friends.
Holly and I had our picture taken at McDonald Lake Lodge in Glacier National Park. We are still smiling and enjoying traveling and meeting people after living together 24-7 for over four years (in a 40 foot by 8 foot house on wheels). We had three does in the park by us and five fawns. That's two sets of twins and one single for some of you (you know who you are).
This is a selfie selfie I took in a restored home in Nevada City. You may notice the mirror did not break. We also saw the ultimate motor home...nothing fancy but 4-wheel drive and plenty of off-road ground clearance.
We left Libby Dam early but not before we took some night shots of the dam. It's even impressive at night.
While we were home we went to St Ignace Michigan to cheer our son on in a race across the Mackinaw Bridge. For those of you not familiar with Michigan, there is Lower and Upper Michigan. They are connected across the Straits of Mackinaw by a bridge that is five miles long. The race is called The Mighty Mac Bridge Race and is just over six miles long. We dropped him off at 5:30 am to catch a bus to the south end of the bridge and then we and our grandson Graysen went back to our room for a couple of hours before going to the finish line.
We got a nice shot of him crossing the finish line and of him with his newest medal and Graysen. It was exciting to be part of this and so proud of what he has accomplished. Well, as I said last month, I would let you know where we were headed for our next adventure. We are in Gold Canyon Arizona which is right next to Apache Junction/Mesa. The park is Canyon Vistas RV Resort. We have the Superstition Mountains in our back yard and with any luck we can find the Lost Dutchman Mine and be independently wealthy (after all I am Dutch so I should have a bit of an edge on finding it). That's it...stop by again next month and see if this old fool found some gold or just fool's gold!
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