Happy New Year to all!

Location, at Home, CA

Today brings the close of another year. Looking back over the year there are several highlights to mention.

The visit this summer of our son Tim and family for two weeks is surely a highlight. We always like having them here.

Our trip to Glacier National Park in July and August was outstanding. We really enjoyed that trip.

Going up the "Going to The Sun" highway.

Big Horn sheep at Logan Pass, Glacier.

Looking back down "Going to the Sun" highway.

I was looking back at how many days we spent camping during the year. We were in the RV for 176 days which is almost ½ of the year. That is close to our annual average.

I was looking forward to more travel starting Jan 8^th next year but we have cut our trip short. Let’s say that we got a “better offer”.  Our friends Cindy and Gary from the Bay Area asked if we would like to share their Timeshare on Kauai for a week starting the end of February. Of course we said “YES”. Who wouldn’t?

So, we will cut our winter trip short and come home several days before we leave for Hawaii. We will drive to Walnut Creek and fly out of Oakland with Cindy and Gary. I am really looking forward to that.

I will leave home on the 8^th of January for Las Vegas where I and a few friends will once again attend this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). After a week in Las Vegas we will travel to Quartzsite, AZ for a few weeks of all the activities there. Clyda will fly to Phoenix later in January and join me in Quartzsite. We do plan to visit relatives in Casa Grande and then go on to Benson, AZ to use our tickets from last year at Karchner Caverns before the tickets expire. We were unable to use the tickets last year as I ended up in the hospital while in Benson.

Happy New Year to all!

"Going to the Sun" highway

Location, West Glacier, MT

I short blog to let everyone know what we are doing.

On Sunday we camped at Jim and Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, MT. The majority of the group caught up with us here. It is a really great campground with wide grass spaces between each site. There were 5 rigs in all.

On Monday morning we all went to breakfast in downtown Missoula at the “Shack”. Great breakfast!

We then drove to West Glacier with one stop along the way to buy cherries at a roadside stand and for a potty break.

We arrived at SanSuzEd RV Park about 2 miles from the West Glacier entrance about 1 PM. Another couple had preceded us to here the day before so now we have 12 in the group.

Today we took the free shuttles from the transportation center to Logan Pass on the “Going to the Sun Highway”. This road only opened a few weeks ago because of the snow.

While at Logan Pass we saw 2 herds of Bighorn sheep. They were grazing on a hillside near the visitor center. After several hours we again rode the buses back down the mountain and stopped at McDonald Lodge for some refreshments. While there a small rain squall came up. We got a little damp while waiting for the shuttle bus.

We had wanted to charter a private tour because none of the offered tours went exactly where we wanted to go. I made the call for tour particulars and was quoted $1666 for 12 people for a nine hour tour. We decided that was a little steep so declined. By the way, the shuttle buses are free. Free is good!

The “going to the Sun Road” is spectacular. I plan to post some pictures later.