We then headed up to Echo Ranch in Carbondale where Deb & Guy made us a super yummy meal, toured us around their new and improved place and blew us away (again) with Deb's most recent paintings... after which we got to enjoy the fruits of Guy's recent labor as the recording engineer for Law, Mosley, Snipes and Droll. We can't wait for that music to be released-they have something seriously good going on!
Monday we headed over Cottonwood pass and up to the Steamboat area, where Leann and Kamaria are staying at their family cabin for a few weeks. The rest of the day was spent on a friend's boat tubing and water skiing (Jim not Susan!). Pretty good fun! The next day we all got to play a round of golf at the Cow Chip Country Club, a course designed and built by Leann's dad, Bill. A perfect course for everyone involved ;-) That afternoon, after an unsuccessful attempt to fix the fridge (the only appliance not replaced in the rebuilding of Thumper) we headed up to Wyoming through beautiful and bumpy back roads.
Wednesday morning found us just south of Jackson and the day gave us an AMAZING drive through the Tetons and Yellowstone, which included a stop at Old Faithful
(how could you not?) and a pretty cool hike around the MANY geysers in that area. We
spent the night just outside the east entrance to the park sharing a site with two sweet young Canadian girls just back from their first big road trip-from Alberta to Nova Scotia and back!
Thursday we tried to bust a move up to Flathead Lake, Montana to visit good friends of Jim-Chrissy and Dave Ayers, but we took a 3 hour short cut (a truly beautiful back road, but rough!!) and made it only as far as Butte. This turned out to be a good thing since a)we got a night in the national forest away from everything-except the lightening of a huge storm. It was so crazy! The thunder was shaking the camper. Sooo thankful for rubber tires :-) and b) we got to check out Butte the next morning. What an unexpectedly cool old town. Wild mining history which resulted in some of the most amazing buildings (and stories).
Finally, Friday made it up to Polson, MT where Dave and Chrissy have the Glacier Brewing Company and two awesome daughters, Abby and Ellie (10 & 7). We hung out in this great little town for a couple days, enjoying time with our friends as well as a great "fly-in" air show. Small planes from all over the place-you could just walk right up and check them out. Jim even lent a hand moving one around. We also visited the "Miracle of America" Museum. Words to describe this place fail me, but if you are ever in Polson, don't miss it ;-)
Whew, that was a big week. We made 1387 miles and we are just getting started....
Next week we head into the Canadian Rockies.
More soon.....
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