Alaska Trip: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Today (Sunday) was an interesting one. It started with the wagon master's and tail gunner's wives (Cherill and Sue) coming into our coach and going over the paperwork we needed to turn in. In addition, they left us with the log book and a book entitled "Mile Post". We haven't read either one of these as of yet. A little later the tail gunner proceeded to check out our coach for any possible problems that might arise on the trip. Thank goodness we passed. Other coaches in our group needed to have some work done to theirs. Tomorrow actually starts the trip. We will have an orientation meeting at 10 AM until around 11:30 AM then lunch. After lunch we will continue with the meeting. The group will leave between 8 and 10:30 AM on Tuesday.

Barbara at quilt shop

Barbara & Howard at Lewis & Clark Visitors Center

Dam & Power Plant on Missouri River

Jim in front of historic area tour trolley

Masonic temple on trolley tour

Indian drummers at Lewis & Clark Interperative Center

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Today (Saturday) was a very busy one. We first we to a quilt shop for Barbara then to a visitor's center where we took a trolley ride to historic Great Falls. We then went to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center where there was a festival of earlier Indian and settler times. In addition, there was a very enjoyable program put on by world renowned Vince Yannone. He has done programs for the Discovery Channel. Around 5 PM we went to a "social" of all those going on the caravan where the wagon master explained what to do and not do when crossing into Canada. There are 19 rigs plus the wagon master and tail gunner in our caravan. Tomorrow we will have our rig "inspected" just to hopefully make sure that nothing will break down.

Well, we arrived in Great Falls yesterday (Friday) around 3 PM. The wifi in almost every campground we've been in leaves a lot to be desired. I'm writing this entry at 7 AM in order to make sure I can get on line. The weather is beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and 62 degrees. We met the wagonmaster and some other families that are going with us on the caravan. Everyone is excited about the trip and can't wait to get started. Monday, according to the wagonmaster, we will be up until 12:30 AM and then leave the next day. Fortunately we will only travel about 78 miles (about 2 hours) before getting to the first stop of the trip. Check-in isn't until 2 PM, so we won't have to leave too early.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Today we traveled to Billings, MT. Traveling wasn't too bad, some road construction and not a lot of traffic. We skirted by the Big Horn mountains and I took some pictures and video. Hopefully they will make it to the blog. We continue tomorrow, on our final leg of this part of our journey, to Great Falls, MT. It should take us around

4 to 5 hours. We will be at Dick's RV Park until Tuesday morning when we will actually start with the caravan. Anyone wishing to see where we will be going can go to the Adventure Caravan's web site. The top photo is the three of us at the Sundance RV Park. The middle photo is that of The Villages Polo Team traveling in Montana. Go figure. The bottom photo is the Big Horn mountains.

This is Jim driving the motor home in Montana.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

We left around 9:30 this morning on an 80 mile circle trip to the Devil's Tower .We then went to the Sundance museum in of all places Sundance, WY. Viewed memorabilia of Sundance, WY and the 1887 trial of the Sundance Kid. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Finally got back to the motor home around 3:30 this afternoon.

Climbers on Devil's Tower

Went to the Devil's Tower today.

Barbara & Howard Devil's Tower way in the background.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Tonight we are in Sundance,WY. We are going to stay here for two nights. Tomorrow we are going to the Devil's Tower. Remember that from the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".