Category: Camping
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Waterton Wildflower Rally
Did you ever wonder about signing up for a Rally half-way across the continent where you don’t know anyone? We wondered and then signed up. Here’s a day-by-day write-up of the experience. Planning our first big western trip, we ran across a post on the RV Lifestyle (formerly Roadtreking) Facebook group about a Wildflower Festival get-together…
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International Voyage
13 June 2019 Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Today we will be taking a cruise on the oldest operating wooden ship in Canada. The motor vessel International leaves several times a day from the Waterton Inter-Nation Cruise Company docks. The Prince of Wales hotel sits on the hill overlooking Waterton Lake. While waiting to board, we watched…
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Freezeout Birds to Waterton Lakes
12 June 2019 We must have slept soundly because there was another camper here this morning and neither of us heard them arrive. Sleeping late isn’t really an option with the number of birds around. That’s not a complaint. It’s awesome to see and hear the birds rise from the water, even without a migration…
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Montana Capital and Freezeout Birds
Tuesday, 11 June 2019 Camp Three Forks provided a quiet night where we didn’t even have to run the heat. Dropping down to an elevation of 4,200′ here from the 7,500′ at Yellowstone made it 30° warmer, despite being further north. By 0830 we were stocking up on day old pastries and bread at the…
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Mammoth Hot Springs to Montana
Yellowstone National Park Monday 10 June 2019 The site wasn’t level, even with using all our giant lego style blocks under the rear wheels, so we made up the bed backwards with our heads towards the front of the van and it worked just fine. If we can’t be level, we both prefer to sleep…
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Bison Swim
Yellowstone National Park Sunday 09 June 2019 Waking just before six, the outside temperature was 23° Fahrenheit. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like any of the plumbing froze overnight. Cool temperatures make the thermal springs very apparent. By 0700 we are driving off in search of wildlife. Mule deer on a ridge are the first for…
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