Sept. 30, 2014

Tuesday--Well, today has not been one of our better days to travel..We made it to Glacier Park, drove into the park in a mist that turned into a light rain, then the higher we got to clouds and hard rain and cold wind..We drove down the Going to the Sun road as far as was open, which was 30 miles to Logan Pass..It was 39 degrees and rainy and windy when we reached this point. On the way back to Columbia Falls, MT for lunch we decided that we had seen enough of the west side and will try seeing the East side tomorrow..Hopefully all the rain and freezing rain will be gone..WE have not seen any critters so far, but hope to see some tomorrow..We are in our hotel for the night and it is still raining... 

Sept. 29, 2014

We have had a long day in miles, but still it seemed like a short day..We have traveled over 600 miles today, but now we are 30 miles from Glacier National Park. We are in Kalispell, Montana..On our route today we saw truck loads of potatoes, beets(still in ground) and thousands of bales of hay..I don't believe that anywhere we have been in our travels have we seen so much hay.
Montana stands up to its name..We now understand why they say "Big Sky Country". We have never traveled this far north or been in Montana. We really have enjoyed our drive in this state today..Tomorrow should be the highlight of our trip. We will be as far north as we are going and after the tour of Glacier we will pick us out a route to head back toward Arkansas..The weather is cool and we are enjoying that..Glad we are not home for the 80 degree temps..That is all for tonight..

Sept. 28, 2014

Sunday--We spent last night in Wendover, UT..Went to a few of the casinos this morning..We left there about 1:30PM and came up to Twin Falls, ID..On the way to Twin Falls, we stopped in Jackpot, NV, but I didn't like the casino well enuff to stay there tonight..On the way up here we saw flat prairie land and then beets. We wondered where the beets were grown in Idaho and then went past a couple of fields..After we got here, I got so excited because the hotel had a laundry on the same floor as we are on and then got in the room and we had a Keurig coffee maker..This made my day. We pondered over coming on north because of the weather, but decided that since we had planned to go north to Glacier Park, we would go on and let the weather do it's thing and we would do ours..It maybe cloudy and rainy, but that remains to be seen...That's it for tonight..

Sept. 27, 2014

Day 5--We left Price, UT this morning with cloudy weather and it wasn't long until we got into rain. We had rain almost all the way to Salt Lake City..We visited at the cemetery and then went over to see Elke..She called the girls and they came over and Tiffany and Savannah came over for a visit..It was so nice to see all of them. When we left we didn't know which way we were going, north or south, so we went to McD's and had a samich and pondered over what we should do. We decided to come over to Wendover, NV for a couple of nights and see if the weather would clear up to the north at Glacier National Park.On our way over we saw that the Bonneville Salt Flats and Speedway were covered in water, which is something we have never seen before. It rained about 1/2 way over to Wendover..WE will be here tomorrow and tomorrow night make our decision on which direction we are going...

Vacation update...9/24--9/26

9/24/2014---On this day, we left Dumas, TX heading to Pikes Peak..In the panhandle of Texas we saw fields and fields of sorghum..Traveled from Dalhart, TX across the plains to Colorado..Along the route we stopped at the travel center in Trinidad, got info on Pikes Peak and onward we went..Had a nice Bar-b-que meal in Colorado Springs before going to Pikes Peak...We reached the road going to Pikes Peak and started upward..The aspens were at there peak, so it was one picture after another..After going on upward we were expecting the road to turn to dirt the way it used to be the last time we were there 20 years ago, but the road is paved all the way to the top now..We got out walked a few steps, I went to the bathroom and we left with me having a fast heart beat and woosey head from the altitude..The ride back down was as spectacular as the ride up the hill..We then went over to Cripple Creek and spent the night at our usual place, the Double Eagle Hotel and Casino..

9/25/2014---We left Cripple Creek about noon and started down to Durango..On the way we saw more pretty aspens and the critter of the day was a fox...

9/26/2014--Today we stopped at Adobe Milling in Dove Creek, CO to get some of those good pinto beans. We have seen llama's or alpacaca's, we aren't sure which, deer and a coyote..We went to Arch's National Park and had a nice drive through the park..The weather is rather warm, so we didn't walk much..The arches are too far off the main road, but enjoyed the ride. WE have stopped for the night in Price, Utah...

Vacation Sept. 23, 2014

We left home this morning at 5:30AM..We have driven across Oklahoma and are now in Dumas, TX. at a LaQuinta Inn and Suites..We drove over 700 miles today. I hope tomorrow will be less miles and a little more scenery...We have gone from lots of trees in Arkansas and Oklahoma to no trees and rolling hills in Texas..That is it for today..I will post daily as long as I have internet.. 

P.S. I forgot to say that we talked to a woman at the hotel we are in that was traveling with a cat. She said the cat did really well traveling. Her husband had two dogs with him, so they have a car full of pets..